OSLO, May 22 (Reuters) - Oil and gas firm Statoil hit a dry well in the Southern part of the Norwegian Sea, theNorwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Friday.
The well was drilled in production licence 348 C about fourkilometres North of the Hyme field.
Statoil is the operator of the field and has a 35 percentstake. Other partners include Core Energy with 22.5 percent,E.ON with 17.5 percent, GDF Suez with 15percent, Faroe Petroleum with 7.5 percent and VNG with 2.5 percent.
(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen)