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GDF drills dry well in Arctic Barents Sea

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

April 10, 2014

French explorer GDF Suez drilled a dry well in the Arctic Barents Sea about 65 kilometers southwest of the Johan Castberg fields, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Thursday.

GDF holds 60 percent of the license, while Concedo and OMV each hold 20 percent.

 

Reporting by Balazs Koranyi

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