I-BP isiqalile ukuthengisa amasheya ayo emikhakheni eminingana yaseNorth Sea, kubika i-Reuters. I-ejensi yezindaba ibike ukuthi i-BP icele izinhlangothi ezinentshisekelo ukuthi zifake izicelo ngaphandle komnqamulajuqu.
I-BP yavuma ngonyaka odlule ukuthengisa izintshisekelo zayo esifundeni sase-Andrew kanye nasemasimini e-Shearwater ku-Premier Oil ngesamba esingu-$625 million, njengengxenye yemizamo yayo yokuthengisa impahla engu-$25 billion ngo-2025 ukunciphisa isikweletu kanye nokushintshela emazingeni aphansi - amandla e-carbon.
Lezi zinkampani ezimbili kamuva zavumelana ngokuhlela kabusha lesi sivumelwano, i-BP yehlisa inani layo lemali laya ku-$210 million ngenxa yezinkinga zezimali zePremier. Lesi sivumelwano sagcina singaphumelelanga ngemuva kokuba iPremier ithathwe yiChrysaor ngo-Okthoba 2020.
Kwakungacaci ukuthi i-BP ingayithola malini ngokuthengisa izimpahla ezise-North Sea esindala, kodwa akunakwenzeka ukuthi zizoba ngaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-80 njengoba amanani kawoyela ehla, kubika i-Reuters.
I-BP isebenza ngezinkambu ezinhlanu endaweni yase-Andrews ngaphansi kokuthengiswa okuhlongozwayo namuhla ku-Premier.
Indawo yase-Andrew, etholakala cishe ngamakhilomitha angu-140 enyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Aberdeen, ihlanganisa nengqalasizinda ehlobene ne-subsea kanye nepulatifomu yase-Andrew, lapho wonke amasimu akhiqiza khona. Uwoyela wokuqala esifundeni watholakala ngo-1996, kwathi ngo-2019, ukukhiqizwa kwaba phakathi kwama-boe angu-25,000 no-30,000. I-BP inesabelo esingu-27.5% ensimini ye-Shearwater eqhutshwa yi-Shell, engamakhilomitha angu-140 empumalanga ye-Aberdeen, eyakhiqiza ama-boe angaba ngu-14,000 ngo-2019.
I-Journal of Petroleum Technology ingumagazini ohamba phambili we-Society of Petroleum Engineers, enikeza izincazelo ezicacile nezici mayelana nentuthuko kwezobuchwepheshe bokuhlola nokukhiqiza, izindaba zemboni kawoyela negesi, kanye nezindaba mayelana ne-SPE namalungu ayo.