Equinor Energy and partners discover gas in Barents Sea

This discovery is under evaluation for a potential tie-in to the existing Johan Castberg field infrastructure Equinor Energy and its partners have announced a significant gas discovery in the ‘Skred’ prospect of the Barents Sea.The well is estimated to hold 0.3 to 0.5 billion standard cubic metres of recoverable gas, equating to 1.9 to 3.1 million barrels of oil equivalent (mboe).It was drilled 210km north-west of Hammerfest and around 23km north of discovery well 7220/8-1 on the Johan Castberg field.This discovery is under evaluation for a potential tie-in to the existing Johan Castberg field infrastructure.The finding marks the 15th exploration well to come into production under licence 532, which was granted during the 20th licensing round in 2009.Executed by the COSLProspector rig, the well 7220/5-4 drilling aimed to confirm the presence of petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks.