COPENHAGEN, July 10 (Reuters) - Norway's Equinor (EQNR.OL) , opens new tab has discovered gas in the Skred prospect near the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate said on Thursday.

Preliminary estimates indicate a discovery of between 0.3 billion and 0.5 billion standard cubic metres of recoverable gas equivalent, corresponding to between 1.9 million and 3.1 million barrels of oil equivalent, the directorate said.

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The licensees will evaluate the discovery with regard to a possible tie-in to the Johan Castberg field, it added.

Equinor is the operator and owns 46.3% of the permit. Vaar Energi holds 30% and Norwegian state-owned oil firm Petoro owns the remaining 23.7%.

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