Equinor to Drill Five Exploration Wells off Britain in 2019

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Norway's oil and gas firm Equinor plans to drill a record five exploration wells off Britain, including four-operated wells, the company said on Thursday.

The campaign includes a well to appraise Equinor's Verbier discovery, currently estimated to hold between 25 and 130 million barrels of oil equivalents, the company added.


(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis, editing by Gwladys Fouche)

Categories: Drilling Activity Europe Exploration

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