ATLANTIC FRONTIER

Companies with interests in West of Shetlands

BP (UK)
Shell (NL)
Amoco (US)
Mobil (US)
Conoco (US)
Texaco (US)
British Gas (UK)
Total (France)
Elf (France)
Kerr McGee (US)
Amerada (US)
Chevron (US)
Esso (US)
Arco (US)
Deminex (Germany)
Fina (Petrofina, Belgium)

These companies will operate in joint ventures to spread risk.

In the UK further petroleum licences were allocated as part of their 17th round of Offshore Petroleum licensing. 14 operators (and a total of 22 partners were successful. The licences will cover a three year initial term.

Operators

Murphy Petroleum
Statoil
Amerada Hess
ARCO
British Gas
FINA
Texaco
Marathon
Enterprise Oil
Phillips Petroleum Company
AGIP
Conoco
Elf
Mobil
Shell

Co-applicants

DSM Energy
Wintershall
Saga Petroleum
Rigel Petroleum
Anadarko North Sea Company
Total OIl Marine plc
British Borneo Oil and Gas
LASMO
Korea Petroleum Development Corporation
Union Texas Petroleum Ltd
Pan Canadian North Sea Ltd
OMV Ltd
Petrobras Ltd
Ranger Oil
National Power
BP Exploration