Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil ASA (STO) said
Monday that together with its partners it has made a gas/condensate discovery
in the Smorbukk North prospect at Haltenbanken in the
Norwegian Sea
.
MAIN FACTS:
-The
preliminary estimated volume of the discovery is in the range of 25 million-47
million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent.
-Exploration well 6506/9-3 is situated in production licence PL479 in the
Norwegian
Sea
. Statoil is operator with an interest of 40.95%.
-The partners are ENI Norge AS 19.6%,
Petoro
AS
14.95%, ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS 14.7%, and Total
E&P Norge AS 9.8%.
-At 0711
GMT shares traded 1.3% higher at NOK130.30.