OSLO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - An additional eight oil firms,including majors BP and ConocoPhillips, areinterested in the potential oil resources off Jan Mayen islandin the Arctic, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said onWednesday.
The agency announced more buyers of seismic surveys for theisland's offshore areas. The eight companies are: BP,ConocoPhillips, Statoil, DONG Energy, ENI, OMV, GdF Suez and BG.
Seven companies were already interested in the area, theNorwegian Petroleum Directorate had said in July.
They are: Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, Tullow Oil, Lundin Petroleum, Detnorske and Idemitsu.
Tullow Oil (TLW)
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