Kistos Holdings plc ended 2025 in a “robust” financial position of $199 million cash, as it looks to further benefit from its newly acquired licence interests in Oman. PRIORITIES The cash figure includes $75 million in tax rebates relating to activity on its Norwegian assets in 2024. The company noted that tax rebates of approximately […]
Tag: Norwegian Continental Shelf
Kistos notes Jotun sailaway for Balder
Kistos (Holdings) plc said that the upgraded Jotun floating production storage and offloading vessel is undergoing tests ahead of installation in the Balder area in the Norwegian central North Sea. PROLIFIC The FPSO will be towed from the quayside at Worley Rosenberg yard in Stavanger to Åmøyfjorden for inshore sea trials and anchor installation work […]
Kistos protected from Balder X delay
Kistos Holdings plc said that production has been deferred from the end of 2024 to the second quarter of 2025 at the Balder X development project in the Norwegian North Sea. GROWTH The company acquired a 10% interest in Balder, comprising the Balder and Ringhorne fields, and a 7.4% stake in the Ringhorne East unit […]
Kistos completes Mime assets acquisition
Kistos Holdings plc has completed its US$111 million acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Mime Petroleum A.S. with assets in the Norwegian Continental Shelf. OBJECTIVES The company said that the purchase adds 24 MMboe of 2P reserves at Balder and Ringhorne, based on the operator’s estimate. An additional 30 MMboe of 2C resources are […]
Neptune awards £100m drilling services contract
Neptune Energy has awarded a contract of more than $100 million to Tenaris for equipment and services to support drilling activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. GJØA AREA The five-year contract, with two options for two-year extensions, covers the manufacture, transport, handling and repair of a range of casing materials used in offshore drilling activities. […]
Kistos turns from ‘difficult’ UK to Norway
Kistos Holdings plc plans to expand into the Norwegian Continental Shelf with a conditional agreement to acquire Mime Petroleum A.S. BALDER – RINGHORNE Executive chairman Andrew Austin said that commodity price volatility and fiscal uncertainty had made it difficult to agree deals in the UK and the Netherlands. “I expect Mime to be a platform […]