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The Frida Kahlo discovery was drilled from the Sleipner B platform, northwest of the Sleipner Vest field, and is estimated to contain 5&ndash;9 million barrels of oil equivalent of gas and condensate. The well will be brought on stream as early as April.<\/p>\n<p>Sleipner is a mature area where the largest volumes have already been produced. The fields in the area therefore depend on new discoveries to maintain profitable production and extend their lifetime. <\/p>\n<p>The use of Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic, 4D seismic, and reprocessing of existing data has provided a new and improved understanding of the subsurface on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and has contributed to exploration success in both the Sleipner and Troll areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equinor discovered oil in the Troll area and gas and condensate in the Sleipner area of the North Sea. 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