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March 7, 2008 · about 18 years ago

Oil and gas discovery in the Barents Sea 7222/6-1 S

StatoilHydro Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 228, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7222/6-1 S. The well was drilled in a prospect called ‘Obesum’ in block 7222/6, approximately 175 kilometres northwest of Hammerfest. The purpose of the well was to prove hydrocarbons in sandsto

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StatoilHydro Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 228, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7222/6-1 S.

The well was drilled in a prospect called ‘Obesum’ in block 7222/6, approximately 175 kilometres northwest of Hammerfest. The purpose of the well was to prove hydrocarbons in sandstone from the Middle and Late Triassic period.

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