Dry well on the Storkinn prospect in PL 408

Dry well on the Storkinn prospect in PL 408

Det norske oljeselskap ASA, operator of production licence 408, has
completed the drilling of wildcat well 15/9-24. The well, which was dry,
was drilled southwest of the Sleipner Øst field in the central  part of
the North Sea.

The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. The licence was
awarded in APA 2006.

Well 15/9-24 was drilled by semi submersible drilling rig Bredford
Dolphin. This was the last well for this rig on contract for Det norske.

Contacts: Knut Evensen, VP Investor Relations, tel.: +47 950 77 622
Odd Ragnar Heum, Sr. VP Field and Area Development, tel.: +47 93 22 40
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