NPD grants North Sea drilling permit to Statoil

NPD grants North Sea drilling permit to Statoil

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 16/1-29 S.

The well’s drilling programme relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 167 which was awarded on the 1^st March 1991, in the 13^th round. This is the sixth exploration well to be drilled in the licence.

The area in this production licence is in the central part of the North Sea and consists of the eastern part of Block 16/1. The well will be drilled just north-east of Ivar Aasen field from the Deepsea Bergen drilling facility.

Statoil Petroleum is the operator with 80% interest. Lundin Norway AS is a licensee with 20%.

Source: Oil & Gas Journal