OMV Drills Dry Well in Barents Sea

Austrian oil and gas firm OMV drilled a dry well in the Barents Sea, southeast of the "Wisting" oil found, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Friday.

OMV holds 25 percent in the licence 537. The other partners include Idemitsu Petroleum, Petoro and Tullow Oil (TUWLF) with each holding 20 percent, and Statoil (STO) with 15 percent.

Reporting by Stine Jacobsen