The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil a drilling for well 16/7-11.
The well will be drilled from the Songa Trym drilling facility and relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 072 B.
Statoil is the operator with a 50% ownership interest.
The other licensee is ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway with 50% also.
The area in this licence consists of parts of block 16/7. The well will be drilled east of the Sleipner Øst field in the central sector of the North Sea.
Production licence 072 B was awarded on 24 September 2001. This is the second exploration well to be drilled in the licence.
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