The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall approval for a drilling permit for a well in the North Sea.
The well will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility after completing the drilling of wildcat well 16/5-6 for Tullow Oil Norge in production licence 776.
The NPD said the drilling programme for well 35/11-20 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 248 F.
Wintershall Norge is the operator with an ownership interest of 40%.
The other licensees are Origio Exploration Norway with 20% and Petoro with 40%.
The well will be drilled about 100km southwest of Floro and about 20km northwest of the Fram field.
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