Wintershall has been granted a drilling permit from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for well 35/8-6 S.
The company said the well will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility in production licence 248.
The drilling programme relates to the drilling of a wildcat well, with Wintershall acting as operator with an ownership interest of 60%.
The area in the licence consists of part of block 35/8.
Production licence 035 was awarded in 1999 and this is the fourth exploration well to be drilled within the area covered in the permit.
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