Vår Energi enters EPCI agreement for Gjøa area development

Vår Energi is maturing discoveries for a planned subsea development to be tied back to the Gjøa platform. If partners proceed, the plan is to coordinate the three developments.

Alex Procyk

July 8, 2025

2 min read

Highlights

Vår Energi ASA has entered an EPCI agreement with TechnipFMC Norge AS for the Gjøa area in the North Sea.
The operator is maturing oil and gas discoveries for a planned subsea development tied back to the Gjøa platform.

Vår Energi ASA has entered an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation agreement with TechnipFMC Norge AS for future subsea developments in the Gjøa area in the North Sea.

The agreement covers integrated execution of both SPS (subsea production systems) and SURF (subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines) work scopes in the Gjøa Nord, Cerisa, and Ofelia discoveries. The collaboration agreement is for 5 years with the possibility of extension.

Discoveries

Vår Energi finds commercial oil, gas deposit in North Sea

June 27, 2024

Neptune Energy has started drilling the Ofelia appraisal well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

Area Drilling

Neptune Energy spuds Ofelia appraisal well

Oct. 3, 2023

Vår Energi is maturing these oil and gas discoveries for a planned subsea development which will be tied back to the Gjøa platform. If the license partners decide to proceed, the plan is to coordinate the three developments.

Gjøa Nord, Cerisa, and Ofelia discoveries are estimated to contain up to a total of 110 MMboe.

Vår Energi is operator (30%) in the PL153 Gjøa-Gjøa Nord license with partners Petoro (30%), Harbour Energy Norge AS (28%), and OKEA ASA (12%).

Vår Energi is operator (40%) in the PL 929 Ofelia license with partners Harbour Energy Norge AS (20%), Pandion Energy (20%), DNO (10%), and AkerBP (10%).

Vår Energi is operator (30%) in the PL636 Duva-Cerisa license with ORLEN (30%), INPEX Idemitsu (30%), and Sval Energi (10%).

About the Author

Alex Procyk

Upstream Editor

Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).