Wintershall Gains Permit to Drill Wildcat in North Sea
15.03.2016

Wintershall Gains Permit to Drill Wildcat in North Sea

Wintershall Gains Permit to Drill Wildcat in North Sea

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge a drilling permit for well 35/8-6 S, offshore Norway.

The well 35/8-6 S will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig in production licence 248, that contains the Vega field, located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

Borgland Dolphin is a semi-submersible drilling rig of the Aker H-3 type built in 1977, and upgraded in 1999.

The NPD noted that the drilling programme for well 35/8-6 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well.

Wintershall is the operator with an ownership interest of 60 per cent, and Petoro is a licensee with 40% interest. The area in this licence consists of part of block 35/8.

According to the directorate, this is the fourth exploration well to be drilled within the area covered by the permit.

Source: www.offshoreenergytoday.com

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