Statoil to drill Porcupine basin prospect off Ireland

Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.'s drilling rig Sovereign Explorer will spud the first exploration well on the Sarsfield prospect on the Irish continental shelf for Statoil AS late this spring, the Norwegian state-owned oil and gas company said Thursday. Sarsfield is on exploration license 8/95 in 650 m of water in the Porcupine Basin west of Ireland.

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