US Grants BP, Serica License to Run Iran-Owned North Sea Field
The United States has granted BP and Serica Energy a new license to run a North Sea gas field partly owned by Iran in a rare exemption by US President Donald Trump’s administration as it prepares to renew sanctions on Tehran next
The waiver extension will allow Serica to complete the acquisition of BP’s stake in the Rhum, Bruce and Keith fields, as well as buying Total’s stakes in Bruce and Keith, Serica said in a statement, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
Rhum, which supplies around 5 percent of Britain’s gas demand, is half owned by Iranian Oil Company, a subsidiary of the national oil company.
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control extended a license for US and US-owned or controlled entities to provide goods, services and support the Rhum field.
Renewed US sanctions on Tehran, which will take full effect on Nov. 4, ban US companies and citizens from doing business with Iranian companies as well as transactions in dollars.
The new license is conditional on the setting up of an escrow account that will hold all profits from the field for as long as the sanctions are in place, Serica said.
A similar mechanism was set in place in the previous round of US sanctions on Iran.
The new license is valid until October 31, 2019 and may be renewed upon application, Serica said.
source: Tasnim News Agency
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