The operator had been using the semi-submersible Songa Trym to drill well 6608/10-15 in production licence 128, about nine kilometres north-east of the Norne field.
The probe struck a 45-metre oil column in the primary target Are formation and a 45-metre oil column in the secondary Melke formation. Reservoir thickness and properties in both levels were as expected.
Statoil said preliminary calculations have estimated the size of the discovery to be between 6 and 19 million barrels of recoverable oil.
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