Equinor Energy AS discovered oil and gas in production license (PL) 293 B, close to the Troll and Fram area of the Norwegian North Sea. Equinor will consider tying this discovery to the Troll B or C platform.
Based on preliminary estimates, the size of the discovery is 4-8 million standard cu m of recoverable oil equivalent, or 25-50 million bbl of recoverable oil equivalent.
Temporarily called Kveikje, this is the sixth discovery in this area since fourth-quarter 2019. More than 300 MMboe were proven in the five former discoveries.
The well was drilled by Deepsea Stavanger. Plans call for Equinor to drill another exploration well in this area in 2022.
Equinor is operator at PL 293B (51%) with partners DNO Norge AS (29%), INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS (10%), and Longboat Energy Norge AS (10%).
