Renewed interest in petroleum exploration in West Greenland led to grants of licences for the Fylla area operated by Statoil in 1996 and the Sisimiut-West area oper-ated by Phillips Petroleum in 1998 (Fig. 1). The first explo-ration well on one of the spectacular structures in the Fylla area will be...
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| Summary: | Renewed interest in petroleum exploration in West Greenland led to grants of licences for the Fylla area operated by Statoil in 1996 and the Sisimiut-West area oper-ated by Phillips Petroleum in 1998 (Fig. 1). The first explo-ration well on one of the spectacular structures in the Fylla area will be drilled in the year 2000. The new exploration strategy is now in place, and a licensing round offshore West Greenland will be held in the year 2001; see details in the Ghexis Newsletter (Ghexis 1999) or the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum’s homepage: www.bmp.gl. With the strategy in place and everybody expectantly waiting for the first well in the Fylla area, activities in 1999 were concentrated very much on follow-up and preparation for the coming licensing round. The focus of field work in central West Greenland moved north |
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