Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary KUFPEC Norway AS has reached agreement to acquire a 15% interest in the Gina Krog field from Total E&P Norge AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TOTAL S.A., for a consideration of $317 million with effective date of 1 January 2017.

At closing, KUFPEC will add approximately 34 MMboe in net reserves and approximately 9,000 boe/d of production from Gina Krog, which came on-stream in June 2017 and is operated by Statoil.  The addition of the new production will take KUFPEC’s production in Norway close to 25,000 boe/d.

KUFPEC Chief Executive Officer Shaikh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah stated: “KUFPEC continues to execute its strategy to grow in profitable projects in Norway, and this transaction builds on our 2016 acquisition of Greater Sleipner Area assets from TOTAL, which included a 15% interest in Gina Krog.”

The transaction is subject to all requisite Norwegian Government approvals. Upon completion, KUFPEC’s working interest in the Gina Krog field will be 30%.