The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate confirms the granting of a drilling permit to Lundin Norway AS for a North Sea appraisal well.
The well, based in the central North Sea, will be drilled from the COSLInnovator drilling facility.
While Lundin Norway AS will operate with a 50% ownership stake of the project the remaining licence interests are held by OMV (Norge) AS (20%), Statoil Petroleum AS (15%) and Wintershall Norge AS (15%).
The original production licence 359 for the project was awarded back in 6 January 2006.
This new well will be the fifth to be drilled within the licence area.
The drilling permit relies upon Lundin Norway AS securing all other related permits and consents required by the authorities.
In December 30, 2015 Offshore worker Rune Morten Narvag, 53, was killed when 100ft high waves hit the COSLInnovator drilling facility in the Troll field.
In March 2016, COSL said it had been forced to lay off 230 workers after Statoil cancelled a contract with the company.
