The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wintershall a drilling permit for wildcat well in the Norwegian sea.
Wellbore 35/11-19 S will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig after completing the drilling of wildcat well 35/8-6 A for Wintershall in production licence 248.
Wintershall is the operator with an ownership interest of 40%. The other licensees are Origo Exploration Norway AS (20 per cent) and Petoro AS (40 per cent).
The area in this licence consists of a part of block 35/11. The well will be drilled about 100 kilometres southwest of Florø and about 20 kilometres northwest of the Fram field.
Production licence 248 was awarded on 4 June 1999 (North Sea Awards 1999). This is the first well to be drilled within the licence.
The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing drilling activities.
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