Equinor and its partners have made an oil and gas discovery in a prospect near the Gullfaks field in the northern part of Norway’s North Sea, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate said on Monday. Equinor, as operator of a production license, and its partners Petoro and OMV made the discovery in the Granat prospect near Gullfaks, 190 kilometres, o1 118 miles, northwest of Bergen. Preliminary estimates place the Granat discovery at between 1.3 and 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent. The licensees will be now considering…