Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil ASA (STO) said
Monday that together with its partners it has made a gas/condensate discovery
in the Smorbukk North prospect at Haltenbanken in the 
	Norwegian Sea
	. 
	
	 MAIN FACTS: 
-The
preliminary estimated volume of the discovery is in the range of 25 million-47
million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent. 
	
	
-Exploration well 6506/9-3 is situated in production licence PL479 in the 
Norwegian
 Sea
. Statoil is operator with an interest of 40.95%. 
	
	
-The partners are ENI Norge AS 19.6%, 
Petoro
 
AS
14.95%, ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS 14.7%, and Total
E&P Norge AS 9.8%. 
	
	
-At 0711
GMT shares traded 1.3% higher at NOK130.30.