#Statoil buys stake in block offshore #Suriname from Tullow Oil #frontierexp
According to Reuters, Norwegian oil and gas firm Statoil acquired a 30-percent stake in a licence about 270 kilometres offshore Suriname from Tullow Oil, Statoil said on Friday. Tullow, the operator in the block, will retain a 70 percent stake, Statoil said in a statement.
Statoil said a recent discovery offshore nearby French Guyana was "a promising indication of the potential in the region."
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