Equinor and its partners have discovered gas at the Gullfaks South field in the North Sea, 190 km northwest of Bergen. Between 0.5 million and 1.6 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalents have been discovered. This corresponds to 3.3 to 10.3 million boe.
The exploration well was drilled as a sidetrack in connection with the drilling of a production well.
“It is very positive that it is possible to make discoveries of this size with such cost-effective exploration wells. These will be profitable barrels that can help maintain activity and production on the Gullfaks field," said Gunnar Egge, Equinor’s vice president for the Gullfaks field.
The drilling rig Askeladden has drilled the well. The discovery is within the production licence for Gullfaks and thus has the same owners as Gullfaks. These are Equinor, Petoro, and OMV.