ConocoPhillips has been granted permission to use the portable drilling rig West Elara for drilling and completion of water injection wells on Ekofisk 2/4 VC.
Drilling is shceduled to begin in this month at the earliest and are expected to last for a year.
West Elara is a recallable drilling facility delivered by Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd in Singapore in 2011.
The facility received compliance queries (CUT) from the PSA in 2011.