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Tenneco Announces

A Significant Oil

Discovery Off Norway

Tenneco Oil Exploration and Pro- duction recently announced a sig- nificant oil discovery offshore Nor- way on Haltenbank Block 6507/7, the second major hydrocarbon dis- covery this year on the block, in which the company is a partner.

The 6507/7-3 well flowed at a combined daily rate of 15,491 bar- rels of oil and 8.94 million cubic feet of natural gas from three Middle

Jurassic Age intervals between 7,769-8,957 feet. Total depth of the well is 9,350 feet.

The wildcat, approximately 1.5 miles south of the 6507/7-2 discov- ery announced previously, disclosed a different oil accumulation from the earlier well. The #2 well flowed 14,343 barrels of oil/ condensate and 74.4 million cubic feet of natural gas a day from Middle and Lower Juras- sic Age formations.

The #3 well is in the Norwegian

Sea, approximately 150 miles north- west of Trondheim, Norway. Water depth in this area is approximately 1,135 feet.

The block, acquired in Norway's 8th License Round, is operated by

Conoco Norway Inc. with 30 percent working interest. Partners, in addi- tion to Tenneco's 10 percent work- ing interest, are Arco Norway Inc., 10 percent, and Statoil, 50 percent.

Additional drilling will be re- quired to determine the extent of the field, which has been named

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