Statoil appeals for new acreage

摘要

StatoilHydro has called for new exploration acreage to be opened up offshore Norway to keep gas supplies flowing to Europe.Rune Bjornson, StatoilHydro's executive vice president for natural gas, championed the fuel as "an attractive energy source for the future," and said the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) still holds substantial gas reserves in producing fields as well as proven reserves.