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Statoil wins deepwater oil license off Myanmar

OSLO, March 26 (Reuters) - Norwegian oil firm Statoil (Berlin: DNQ.BE - news) has a won a license to explore for oil and gas in a deepwater block offshore Myanmar together with U.S. major ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP - news) , the Asian country's energy ministry said on Wednesday.

The other winners in the licensing round include Royal Dutch Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) , Eni (NYSE: E - news) and Total (NYSE: TOT - news) . (Reporting by Gwladys Fouche, editing by Terje Solsvik)