Jan 20 (Reuters) - DEUTSCHE ROHSTOFF AG DR0G.DE :
* PUBLISHED A FIRST ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH OIL STEIG FIELD
COULD
CONTAIN ACCORDING TO INTERNAL CALCULATIONS
* AMOUNT OF OIL IN RESERVOIR IDENTIFIED BY LAST YEAR'S TEST
WELL,
AMOUNTS TO MORE THAN 114 MILLION BARREL OF OIL
* ECONOMICALLY RECOVERABLE QUANTITIES WILL BE ESTIMATED IN
COMING
MONTHS AS PART OF A RESERVE CALCULATION
* POTENTIAL COULD ARISE IN DEEPER LAYERS THAT ARE PRODUCTIVE
ELSEWHERE IN RHINE GRABEN
* CURRENT ESTIMATE REFERS ONLY TO UPPER PART OF RESERVOIR,
WHICH
WAS EXPLORED BY STEIG WELL
* STEIG FIELD WILL BE DEVELOPED IN SEVERAL PHASES
* IN FIRST PHASE, PRODUCTION WILL START AND AT SAME TIME
FIELD
WILL BE FURTHER DEVELOPED BY MEANS OF HORIZONTAL DRILLING
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