LEKOIL SIGNS MOU WITH SCHLUMBERGER AND MAJOR OIL COMPANY FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AT OTAKIKPO

LEKOIL SIGNS MOU WITH SCHLUMBERGER AND MAJOR OIL COMPANY FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AT OTAKIKPO
July 10, 2019 Advocaat Law Practice

LEKOIL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (‘MOU) with Schlumberger and a subsidiary of a major international oil company for the development of Otakikpo Joint Venture (JV). The MOU covers a comprehensive infrastructure sharing and drilling programme around a group of marginal field assets in OML 11. The capital expenditure to be incurred by the Otakikpo JV is approximately US$170 million covering new wells and processing infrastructure, of which LEKOIL is expected to fund US $68 million.