Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil ASA (STO) said
Monday that together with its partners it has made an oil discovery in the
Snilehorn prospect in the
Norwegian Sea
.
MAIN FACTS:
-The
estimated volume of the discovery is in the range of 55 million-100 million
barrels of recoverable oil. This is light oil of high quality.
-Exploration well 6407/8-6 and sidetrack 6407/8-6A have proven several oil
columns.
-Statoil is operator with an interest of 35%. The partners are GDF Suez E&P
Norge AS (20%); E.ON E&P Norge AS (17.5%); Core Energy AS (17.5%); Faroe
Petroleum Norge AS (7.5%) and VNG Norge AS (2.5%).
-At 0812
GMT shares traded 0.1% higher at NOK140.40.