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7/26/2010 - WINTERSHALL STRIKES OIL OFFSHORE NORWAY |
| Wintershall Norge drilled a discovery at the Maria prospect in production license 475BS in the Norwegian Sea about 200 kilometers off the coast of Trondheim. The well proved light oil and was drilled on the Halten terrace, near the Tyrihans and Asgard fields. The size of the discovery is estimated between 60 and 120 million barrels of recoverable resources.
Harald Vabo, General Manager of Wintershall Norge ASA comments, “We are extremely satisfied with our exploration performance in Norway, making two excellent discoveries in our two first operated wells Grosbeak and Maria. Our challenge now will be to move these discoveries rapidly from the exploration to the development phase.” |
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