Thefour-year contract, which will run from February 2013 and carries extensionoptions, applies to all exploration and production licences on the NCS.

Theworkscope covers provision of open-hole logging, cased-hole logging, borehole seismicand perforation services, while Schlumberger will also be required to come upwith innovative technological solutions for formation evaluation and welloperations.

"High-qualitylogging services are fundamental to characterise reservoirs in the explorationand production phase.