Statoil Sees Limited Upside in Sverdrup ‘Basement’ After Well

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Statoil ASA, Norway’s largest oil company, said it sees limited potential for raised estimates in the lower levels of its giant Johan Sverdrup discovery after drilling a dry well.

A sidetrack well failed to find oil at the Cliffhanger South area as well as in a secondary target in the “granitic basement,” the Stavanger-based company said today in a statement on its website.