The discovery was made in the Brynhild prospect where one exploration well was drilled with one technical sidetrack.
The well found oil in an 18m column of good reservoir quality in the Draupne formation.
In addition, the well encountered a gas and oil column totaling 35m of variable reservoir quality in the Hugin formation.
The discovery will be assessed in connection with other oil and gas resources in the vicinity, and a tie-back to Gudrun will be considered, according to the company.
The wells were drilled by the Transocean Leader drill unit which will now drill a shallow well to explore the bedrock conditions of the Gudrun field.
The licensees in PL 187 are Statoil, the operator (65%), GDF Suez E&P (25%) and Marathon Petroleum (10%).
