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New gas field found in Barents Sea

StatoilHydro has made a finding of gas in a field located 200 km off the coast in the Barents Sea.

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The company does not yet want to comment on the size of the finding. Information director Ole Morten Aanestad says to NRK that more studies are needed in order to determine the amounts of gas. The rig used will now continue operations further west in the Barents Sea, the company representative confirms.