Equinor granted drilling permit for North Sea well
Published by Nicholas Woodroof,
Editor
Oilfield Technology,
Well 35/10-5 will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility in position 61 11’07.06’’ N and 03 15’10.86’’ E.
The drilling programme for well 35/10-5 relates to the drilling of wildcat wells in production licence 827 S. Equinor Energy AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 70% The other licensee is DNO Norge AS with 30%.
The area in this licence consists of parts of block 35/10. The well will be drilled approximately 11 km southwest of the Vega field.
Production licence 827 S was awarded on 5 February 2016 (APA 2015). This is the first well to be drilled in the licence.
The permit is contingent on the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing the drilling activity.
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