Statoil eyes standalone for King Lear

Potential: Statoil's senior vice president for Norway Exploration, Gro Gunleiksrud Haatvedt

TOMAS ALF LARSEN

By Steve Marshall Oslo

 05 July 2012 22:59 GMT

Statoil is looking at a possible standalone development of a new gas play, also with liquids potential, that has been opened up by the landmark King Lear discovery in Norway’s traditional oil-­producing province in the mature North Sea.

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