OSLO, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Germany's VNG has madeonly a small oil discovery in the highly anticipated Boomerangprospect, Norway's Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Thursday.
The first of two wells drilled contained 2-5 millionstandard cubic meters of oil, corresponding to between 12.6-31.5million barrels, while a second well was dry, the NPD added.
"The licensees will consider the discovery in conjunctionwith other nearby discoveries as regards a possible futuredevelopment," it said.
Boomerang is close to the previous Pil and Bue finds.
The partners in the discovery, which lie in productionlicense 586, are operator VNG and Norway's Spike Explorationwith a 30 percent stake each, London-listed Faroe Petroleum with 25 percent and PURE E&P with 15 percent. (Reporting by Stine Jacobsen, editing by Terje Solsvik)