Statoil makes small gas find near Aasta Hansteen field
OSLO, June 9 (Reuters) - Norwegian energy (Other OTC: NRWEF - news) firm Statoil (Swiss: STL.SW - news) made a small gas discovery near its Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Tuesday.
The well, 20 kilometres west of Aasta Hansteen, encountered a total gas column of about 70 metres and the firm estimates the find to be between one and three billion standard cubic metres of recoverable gas.
Statoil (Xetra: 675213 - news) operates the licence with 40 percent while other shareholders include state holding firm Petoro (20 percent), Centrica (20 percent), Atlantic Petroleum (Copenhagen: ATLA-DKK.CO - news) (10 percent) and BASF subsidiary Wintershall (10 percent.) (Reporting by Balazs Koranyi, editing by Terje Solsvik)