Zapata Nordic discovers AlbuskjellThe first Norwegian operatives

Gas sale contract secured

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The first sales agreement for Ekofisk gas was signed in Oslo on 22 January 1972 with a buyer consortium headed by West Germany’s Ruhrgas. It had come out ahead in the negotiations through its willingness to meet the Phillips demands for price escalation.
— Emden gas terminal. Photo: Husmo Foto/Norwegian Petroleum Museum
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Laying a pipeline to continental Europe rather than the UK also offered a larger number of potential additional customers for the gas, which was advantageous when bargaining over prices.

Ruhrgas took 50 per cent of the gas, while its partners – Dutch Gasunie, Gaz de France and Belgium’s Distrigas – split the other 50 per cent between them. Deliveries were to start in 1975.

 

 

Zapata Nordic discovers AlbuskjellThe first Norwegian operatives
Published 24. May 2019   •   Updated 4. October 2019
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