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  <h1>Linerle wildcat spudded</h1> 
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    <div class="date-module"> <span class="date_module-icon fa fa-calendar"></span> <span>April 30, 2004, 11:50 CEST</span> 
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     <p>A first exploration well has been spudded by Statoil on its Linerle prospect close to the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea today, 30 April.</p> 
     <p>Located within block 6608/11 in production licence 128, this wildcat lies roughly 20 kilometres north-east of Norne.</p> 
     <p>“The Linerle prospect has a potential to contain oil,” says Knut Chr Grindstad, exploration manager for the Halten/Nordland cluster.</p> 
     <p>“It belongs to a sequence which also includes the Svale and Falk structures, where recoverable oil deposits have already been proven.”</p> 
     <p>Being drilled from the <em>West Navigator</em> drill ship, the well is expected to take about 20 days to complete.</p> 
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