Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Swedish oil firm confirms massive North Sea find in Norway....


Swedish oil firm confirms massive North Sea find in Norway....

Swedish oil firm Lundin Petrolium has confirmed the discovery of a massive oil reserve in the Norwegian North Atlantic, that the firm says could contain up to 1.8 billion barrels of recoverable oil...

The Avaldsnes oil source was discovered in September of last year and was at the time already seen as a significant boost for the company. It was then estimated to bring between 100 to 400 million barrels of oil, which was later upgraded to between 400 and 800 million. Now, after further investigation, they firm has concluded that it might be as much as 1.8 billion barrels.

“The discovery is likely to be one of the largest five discoveries on the Norwegian Continental shelf and certainly the largest since the mid 80's and highlights the continued prospectivity of what many viewed as a mature region with limited remaining potential,” CEO Ashley Heppenstall said in a statement.

After breaking the news of the new estimates,
Lundin Petroleum skyrocketed on the Stockholm stock market, rising more than 25 percent by lunchtime on Friday.

The find is also a great success for Swedish Statoil Petroleum AS who is a partner of Lundin Petrolium with a 40 percent interest in the license. Maersk Oil
Norway AS holds the remaining 20 percent....




1 comment:

  1. understand the present world production / consumption is about 85 million barrels per day. 1.8 billon / 1800 millon barrels would cover the present consumption for 21 days.. the find isn't terribly large then... could it be, that The Powers That Be want us to believe, that the theory of PeakOil is just a silly conspiracy???

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