AKERBP: Oil discovery in the Filicudi prospect
Aker BP ASA (“Aker BP”) is pleased to announce that the partners in PL 533 (Aker BP 35 percent working interest) has made an oil and gas discovery in the main well 7219/12-1 and is presently drilling a sidetrack 7219/12-1A on the Filicudi prospect. The wells are located in PL533 approximately 40 km southwest of Johan Castberg and 30 km northwest of the Alta and Gohta discoveries on the Loppa High in the southern Barents Sea.The main objective of the well was to prove oil in Jurassic and Triassic sandstone reservoirs.The well encountered a gross 129 meters hydrocarbon column of high