Bungwe la BP layambanso kugulitsa katundu wake m'madera angapo a kumpoto kwa nyanja, Reuters inati.
BP inavomereza chaka chapitacho kuti igulitse zofuna zake m'dera la Andrew ndi minda ya Shearwater kwa Premier Oil kwa ndalama zokwana madola 625 miliyoni, monga gawo la zoyesayesa zake zogulitsa $ 25 biliyoni ya katundu pofika 2025 kuti achepetse ngongole ndi kusintha kumagulu otsika - carbon energy.
Pambuyo pake makampani awiriwa adagwirizana kuti akonzenso mgwirizanowu, pomwe BP idachepetsa mtengo wake mpaka $210 miliyoni chifukwa chamavuto azachuma a Premier.
Sizikudziwika kuti BP ingakweze ndalama zingati pogulitsa zinthu zomwe zili mumtsinje wa North Sea, koma zikukayikitsa kuti zitha kukhala zamtengo wapatali kuposa $80 miliyoni pomwe mitengo yamafuta idatsika, Reuters idatero.
BP imagwira ntchito minda isanu m'dera la Andrews pomwe ikugulitsidwa lero kwa Premier.
Malo a Andrew, omwe ali pamtunda wamakilomita pafupifupi 140 kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Aberdeen, akuphatikizanso zomangamanga zapansi pa nyanja ndi nsanja ya Andrew, komwe minda yonse imatulutsa. Mafuta oyamba m'derali adadziwika mu 1996, ndipo pofika chaka cha 2019, kupanga pakati pa 25,000 ndi 30,000 boe.BP imakhala ndi chidwi cha 27.0% ya Shell kum'mawa kwa Shell kum'mawa kwa 1% Aberdeen, yomwe idapanga pafupifupi 14,000 boe mu 2019.
Journal of Petroleum Technology ndi magazini yodziwika bwino ya Sosaiti ya Petroleum Engineers, yopereka zidziwitso zovomerezeka ndi zochitika zakupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo wofufuza ndi kupanga, nkhani zamakampani amafuta ndi gasi, komanso nkhani za SPE ndi mamembala ake.