The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wintershall Norge a drilling permit for the south-eastern part of the North Sea.
Well 10/4-1, which relates to a wildcat well in production licence 734 will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility in position 57°40’20.08’’ north and 5°09’18.79’’ east.
Wintershall has 40% interest in the well with Centrica Resources and Lundin Norway splitting the remaining 30%.
The area in this production licence lies in the south-eastern part of the North Sea and consists of the eastern part of block 10/4. Well 10/4-1 is the first exploration well in this production licence.