{"id":"norway-gullfaks-south-gas-sidetrack-discovery-october-2026","canonicalSlug":"norway-gullfaks-south-gas-sidetrack-discovery-october-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/norway-gullfaks-south-gas-sidetrack-discovery-october-2026","language":"en","title":"Gullfaks South sidetrack finds gas offshore Norway","summary":"Equinor estimates 3.3–10.3 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent after drilling alongside a production-well programme.","body":["Equinor reported a gas discovery at Gullfaks South on 8 October 2026. Its estimated recoverable volume is 0.5–1.6 million standard cubic metres of oil equivalent, also expressed as 3.3–10.3 million barrels of oil equivalent. These are resource-volume equivalents, rather than a gas flow rate.","The exploration well, 34/10-D-4 BH, was drilled as a sidetrack in connection with drilling a production well, using Askeladden. A sidetrack is a branch of a wellbore; this announcement should not be counted as an additional independent physical well without qualification.","The discovery is about 190 kilometres northwest of Bergen, within the Gullfaks licence held by Equinor, Petoro and OMV. The stated range does not establish proved reserves, a development decision or commercial production."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Gullfaks South sidetrack finds gas offshore Norway\n\nEquinor estimates 3.3–10.3 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent after drilling alongside a production-well programme.\n\nEquinor reported a gas discovery at Gullfaks South on 8 October 2026. Its estimated recoverable volume is 0.5–1.6 million standard cubic metres of oil equivalent, also expressed as 3.3–10.3 million barrels of oil equivalent. These are resource-volume equivalents, rather than a gas flow rate.\n\nThe exploration well, 34/10-D-4 BH, was drilled as a sidetrack in connection with drilling a production well, using Askeladden. A sidetrack is a branch of a wellbore; this announcement should not be counted as an additional independent physical well without qualification.\n\nThe discovery is about 190 kilometres northwest of Bergen, within the Gullfaks licence held by Equinor, Petoro and OMV. The stated range does not establish proved reserves, a development decision or commercial production.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["norway","oil-gas","exploration","sidetrack"],"eventDate":"2026-10-08","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T13:39:44Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-08T13:39:44Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-08T13:27:27Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-08","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"Equinor","url":"https://www.equinor.com/news/20261008-gas-discovery-gullfaks-field","publishedAt":"2026-10-08","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/norway-gullfaks-south-gas-sidetrack-discovery-october-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/norway-gullfaks-south-gas-sidetrack-discovery-october-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/norway-gullfaks-south-gas-sidetrack-discovery-october-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/norway-gullfaks-south-gas-sidetrack-discovery-october-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/norway-gullfaks-south-gas-sidetrack-discovery-october-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/norway-gullfaks-south-gas-sidetrack-discovery-october-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/norway-gullfaks-south-gas-sidetrack-discovery-october-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"country-no","type":"country","countryCode":"NO","name":{"en":"Norway","tr":"Norveç","ar":"النرويج","fr":"Norvège","es":"Noruega","ru":"Норвегия","pt":"Noruega"},"context":{"en":"Country identified in the primary source; no site coordinates asserted.","tr":"Birincil kaynakta belirtilen ülke; saha koordinatı iddiası yok.","ar":"البلد المحدد في المصدر الأصلي؛ لا ندعي إحداثيات موقع.","fr":"Pays identifié dans la source primaire; aucune coordonnée de site affirmée.","es":"País identificado en la fuente primaria; no se afirman coordenadas del sitio.","ru":"Страна указана в первоисточнике; координаты площадки не заявлены.","pt":"País identificado na fonte primária; não se afirmam coordenadas do local."},"source":{"name":"Equinor","url":"https://www.equinor.com/news/20261008-gas-discovery-gullfaks-field","publishedAt":"2026-10-08","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}}],"wellIndustry":{"sector":"oil-gas","activities":["exploration","drilling"],"signal":"operational-result","metrics":[],"source":{"name":"Equinor","url":"https://www.equinor.com/news/20261008-gas-discovery-gullfaks-field","publishedAt":"2026-10-08","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"},"reviewedAt":"2026-10-08T13:27:27Z"}}