Friday 26 January 2018

Mime Petroleum AS, a new independent development and production company established earlier this year by Blue Water Energy LLP and Sverre Skogen (Chairman and CEO), announced today that they have partnered with Blackstone Energy Partners. BWE and Blackstone have agreed to lead an initial investment of up to $1 billion in Mime Petroleum.

Mime Petroleum is primarily focused on driving value creation in existing fields and licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The Company will acquire assets available on the NCS and pursue production optimization, developments and near-field exploration opportunities. The Mime Petroleum management team has a long track record of M&A, technical, commercial and financial success on the NCS. Mr. Sverre Skogen was Executive / Non-Executive Chairman of Det norske oljeselskap (now Aker BP). The core management team is comprised of five executives who previously worked together building DEA Norge’s upstream business, along with Harald Grøsfjeld who joined as CFO with over 29 years’ experience in the oil industry. Mustafa M. Siddiqui, Senior Managing Director at Blackstone, and Kjell-Erik Østdahl, Senior Advisor at Blackstone and former Executive Vice President for Operations at Schlumberger, will join the board of Mime Petroleum.