OSLO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Norway's Vaar Energi ,
majority owned by Italy's Eni , said on Thursday it has
made an oil discovery near its Goliat field in the Arctic
Barents Sea.
"The well is currently drilled to 2,958 metres measured
depth and oil has been encountered in the Realgrunnen and Kobbe
formations," Eni said in a statement.
A sidetrack well is being planned to better define the size
of the discovery, it added.
"Updated information about volume estimates will be released
in due course," Vaar said.
Vaar Energi is the operator of the licence with a 65% stake,
while Equinor holds the remaining 35%.
(Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Essi Lehto)
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