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Wintershall Dea makes

Norwegian find

NORWAY GERMANY’S Wintershall Dea has reported a tie-back to Wintershall’s Dvalin field. The com-
gas, condensate and oil discovery at the Dvalin pany’s Maria field is also situated nearby.
The German operator North prospect in the Norwegian Sea, estimat- “With Maria, Dvalin and now this discov-
has been having ing its size at between 33 and 70mn barrels of oil ery in Dvalin North, the Haltenbanken area has
difficulties at the nearby equivalent. emerged as a strategic core area for Wintershall
Dvalin field. The wildcat well at production licence Dea in Norway,” Wintershall’s managing director
(PL) 211 in the Haltenbanken area also found for Norway, Alv Solheim, commented. “The next
38-87mn boe of hydrocarbons in two shallower step will be to turn these discoveries into produc-
secondary targets. ing fields. This find secures our position in the
“The discovery is in an area with existing area and promises to support more activity in the
operated as well as non-operated infrastructure. years to come.”
This important find supports our strategy of Wintershall operates PL211 with a 55% stake,
primarily investing in infrastructure-led explo- while partners Petoro and Sval Energi share the
ration activity which will yield synergies with remaining interest.
existing fields,” Wintershall CTO Hugo Dijkgraaf The German operator has been having diffi-
said. “Norway is one of our core areas for growth. culties at Dvalin, reporting in January it would
We will continue to explore and develop fields to delay the field’s launch after recording too high
support our growth strategy on the Norwegian levels of mercury in its gas flow. Mercury, which
Continental Shelf [NCS].” naturally occurs in oil and gas deposits, can
The well was drilled by the Deepsea Aber- corrode equipment and is harmful to humans
deen rig, encountering hydrocarbon columns and the environment when emitted into the
of 33 metres and 114 metres respectively in the atmosphere.
Cretaceous Lysing and Lange formations. An Norwegian exploration results have been
85-metre gas column was also found in the Garn strong so far this year. Equinor made the coun-
formation. The rig will move on to appraise the try’s first find of 2021 near the Troll gas field in
nearby Bergknapp oil discovery, made by Win- February and went on to make another near
tershall last year. Johan Castberg the following month. It then
A likely option for development will be a struck crude near Fram in March. ™

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