BP yayambiranso kugulitsa magawo ake m'magawo angapo a North Sea, malinga ndi Reuters. Bungwe la atolankhani linanena kuti BP yapempha anthu omwe akufuna kuti apereke ma bid popanda nthawi yomaliza.
Chaka chapitacho, BP idagwirizana kugulitsa zinthu zake m'chigawo cha Andrew ndi minda ya Shearwater ku Premier Oil pamtengo wokwana $625 miliyoni, monga gawo la kuyesetsa kwake kugulitsa katundu wa $25 biliyoni pofika chaka cha 2025 kuti achepetse ngongole ndikusintha kupita ku mphamvu zochepa za carbon.
Makampani awiriwa pambuyo pake adagwirizana kuti asinthe mgwirizanowu, ndipo BP idachepetsa mtengo wake wa ndalama kufika pa $210 miliyoni chifukwa cha mavuto azachuma a Premier. Mgwirizanowu pamapeto pake unalephera Premier itatengedwa ndi Chrysaor mu Okutobala 2020.
Sizinali zodziwika bwino kuti BP ingapeze ndalama zingati pogulitsa katunduyo m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya North Sea yomwe ikukalamba, koma sizikuwoneka kuti zingakhale ndi mtengo woposa $80 miliyoni pamene mitengo ya mafuta ikutsika, malinga ndi lipoti la Reuters.
BP imayang'anira malo asanu m'dera la Andrews monga momwe ikufunira kugulitsa lero ku Premier.
Malo a Andrew, omwe ali pamtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 200 kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Aberdeen, akuphatikizaponso zomangamanga za pansi pa nyanja ndi nsanja ya Andrew, komwe minda yonse imapanga mafuta. Mafuta oyamba m'derali adapezeka mu 1996, ndipo pofika mu 2019, kupanga mafuta kunali pakati pa 25,000 ndi 30,000 boe. BP ili ndi gawo la 27.5% m'munda wa Shearwater womwe umayendetsedwa ndi Shell, womwe uli pamtunda wa makilomita 200 kum'mawa kwa Aberdeen, womwe unapanga mafuta pafupifupi 14,000 boe mu 2019.
Magazini ya The Journal of Petroleum Technology ndi magazini yodziwika bwino ya Society of Petroleum Engineers, yomwe imapereka malangizo ndi zinthu zodalirika zokhudza kupita patsogolo kwa ukadaulo wofufuza ndi kupanga, nkhani za mafakitale amafuta ndi gasi, komanso nkhani zokhudza SPE ndi mamembala ake.