据WENews 网站11月25日奥斯陆报道，挪威跨国能源公司Equinor能源公司（Equinor Energy）日前在巴伦支海的两个勘探目标地层中共发现了240亿立方英尺的天然气储量，其中一个勘探目标地层中发现了100亿至200亿立方英尺的天然气储量，而另一个勘探目标地层中发现了10亿至40亿立方英尺的天然气储量。
挪威国家石油理事会(NPD)的一份声明称，目前还不清楚这一发现的盈利能力。
声明说：“Equinor能源已经完成了这口初探井的钻井作业。这口初探井位于亚特兰蒂斯发现井西北大约15公里和哈默费斯特以北370公里的海域。”
其中第二个勘探目标地层是为了探明中侏罗纪时代（Sto地层）储集岩以及在中三叠纪（Snadd地层的下部）的一个更深勘探目标中的石油。
Equinor的前身是挪威国家石油公司（Statoil）。
李峻 编译自 WENews
原文如下：
Equinor Energy Strikes Gas in Barents Sea
Norwegian multinational energy company Equinor Energy has made discovery containing up to 24billion cubic feet of gas in the Barents Sea. Two exploration targets were found, with the first containing between 10 and 20billion cubic feet, the other between The discovery’s profitability is currently unclear, said a statement from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).
"Equinor Energy AS has completed the drilling of wildcat well about 15 kilometres northwest of discovery well (Atlantis) and 370 kilometres north of Hammerfest," said the statement.
The secondary exploration target was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Middle Jurassic Age (Stø formation) and in a deeper exploration target from the Middle Triassic Age (lower part of the Snadd formation).
