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Wintershall

Oil & Gas

NPD awards Wintershall drilling permit

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge a drilling permit for well 35/12-5 S. The well will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility after concluding the drilling of wildcat well 6507/3-11 for E.ON E & P. The area in the permit consists of parts of blocks 35/8 and 35/11.

Oil & Gas

Wintershall to sell package of offshore Norway assets for $602 mln

UK-based Sequa Petroleum has reached agreement to buy a portfolio of Norwegian offshore field interests for $602 million from Wintershall, the oil and gas subsidiary of BASF, the companies said on Thursday. Sequa said the transaction will be conducted by Oslo-based Tellus Petroleum Invest A/S, which it is also buying in a concurrent deal for $4 million plus 6 million shares in Sequa. The agreement with Wintershall will give Tellus interests in five fields - 20 percent of Knarr, 15 percent of Maria, 10 percent of Yme, 6.5 percent of Ivar Aasen and 4.5 percent of Veslefrikk.

Oil & Gas

Wintershall makes minor oil discovery

The NPD (Norwegian Petroleum Directorate) said Wintershall has made a small gas discovery at the Kristin field. The company said the wildcat well 6406/2-8 had encountered two oil columns over a 130 metre interval in the Bat and Fangst groups. The well was drilled about 20 kilometres south of the Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea and 190 kilometres northwest of Kristiansund.