Gas has been proven by StatoilHydro in exploration well 6507/3-7 Idun North in the Norwegian Sea. Currently being completed, the well is located two kilometres northwest of the Idun find and 12 kilometres north of the Skarv find. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in the “Fangst” and “Båt” groups in middle and lower Jurassic rocks. The well proved gas in the “Fangst” group. The underlying “Båt” group was filled with water. “Based on preliminary calculations, the size of the find is estimated at between 0.6 and 3 billion standard cubic metres (Sm3) of recoverable gas,” said Knut Harald Nygård, who is heading StatoilHydro’s exploration activities near existing fields in shallow waters in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea.