Problems Keep Compounding For Statoil Over In The North Sea -- October 8, 2014

Rigzone is reporting:

Several key oil and gas developments in Norway will cost much more than earlier expected and fields with approved development plans are now seen 10 percent more expensive than originally planned, the oil and energy ministry said on Wednesday.

Costs in Norway's offshore oil sector, already one of the most expensive in the world, have soared in recent years, weighing on the budget which provides generous tax breaks during the development phase. The government has already said it would reduce tax breaks for new developments and the oil ministry launched an investigation into why costs soar.

Italian energy company Eni's Goliat field - Norway's first Arctic oil development - will cost 46.7 billion crowns ($7.21 billion), above the firm's 45 billion estimate in May and 49 percent more compared to the development plan approved in 2009.

Operator Eni has a stake of 65 percent in the field, while its partner Statoil holds the remaining 35 percent. 

Puts the Bakken into perspective. I suppose.