Oil and gas discovery in the North Sea
Equinor has made an oil and gas discovery near the Fram field in the North Sea. The find is estimated to contain between 13 and 28 million barrels of oil equivalent.
An exploration well with a sidetrack has been drilled approximately 10 kilometers north of the Troll field in the North Sea. Petroleum was encountered in both well trajectories, with both oil and gas discovered, with gas making up slightly more than half of the total find. The discoveries were made on the Rhombi prospect.
The license owners will evaluate the possibility of tying the discovery into existing infrastructure, as well as exploring other prospects in the area.
“This is an exciting discovery in one of our core areas that has well-developed infrastructure for both oil and gas. We are actively exploring in this area and have made many discoveries here in recent years. We are now working on how these discoveries can best be developed to achieve good resource utilisation, good profitability and low emissions,” says Geir Sørtveit, Equinor's senior vice president for Exploration & Production West in Norway.
This marks the first discovery in the area in 2024, aside from an appraisal well related to a previous discovery. The find is located in the part of the North Sea where a total of 12 discoveries were made between 2018 and 2023.
The well was drilled using the Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible rig.
The license owners:
- Equinor Energy AS: 45%
- Vår Energi ASA: 40%
- INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS: 15%