Oil and gas discovery in the North Sea (35/10-13 S)

Equinor and its partner DNO have made an oil and gas discovery in the northern part of the North Sea.

Wildcat well (35/10-13 S) was drilled in production licence 827 SB from the Awards in predefined areas (APA) in 2022. The well was drilled using the Deepsea Atlantic rig.

The primary objective of the drilling was in the “Angel” prospect. Preliminary estimates indicate the discovery is between 0.1-0.5 million Sm3 of recoverable oil equivalent, which is not profitable given current price assumptions.

Another objective for the well was to delineate the 35/10-9 (Heisenberg) discovery. Here, oil was proven which confirms the discovery size of 3.8-8.9 million standard cubic metres of recoverable oil, corresponding to 24-56 million barrels.

The exploration well is a continuation of the work in the area. Production licence 827 S was awarded in...

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