The field was brought on stream in 1997. By the agreement, StatoilHydro will hand over its 75% interest in Lufeng 22-1 to CNOOC.
Lufeng originally planned to produce 25 million barrels of oil, but exceeded a total of 42 million barrels by year end 2008. Production was originally scheduled to shut down in 2004.
“Lufeng is a StatoilHydro success story, says Torgeir Kydland, head of INT Eurasia, Middle East and Asia.
It is our first international operatorship and ended up producing far beyond our original expectations. This is an example of good cooperation between a national oil company and StatoilHydro. The agreement on transfer of responsibility for the abandonment is an important milestone for both companies, enabling us to devote more attention to future growth opportunities with CNOOC.”
