- Chevron (NYSE:CVX) is set to reconfirm its commitment to the North Sea, restarting a bidding process to develop the Rosebank field and considering extending the life of one of its main assets in U.K. waters, Financial Times reports.
- CVX has been working to cut its North Sea project costs since the 2014 oil price crash, but its cancellation of a $1.8B order last year of a floating production and offloading vessel for the field raised fears it would abandon development; CVX now tells FT it expects to relaunch the tender process for the Rosebank FPSO later this year.
- A final decision may be several years away, but the move likely will be viewed as a positive sign that CVX and its partners, including Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU), are committed to the Rosebank development, which is estimated to hold more than 300M recoverable barrels of oil.
- CVX also will soon make a final investment decision on extending the life of its Captain field northeast of Aberdeen, which has been producing since 1997.
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