Statoil is to drill a wildcat well using the Songa Enabler facility.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted a permit for wellbore 7121/8-1 at position 71°25’43.86″ N and 21°38’26.5″ E.
It will be completed after the drilling of production well 7121/4-F-3 H for Statoil Petroleum AS in production licence PL 099 on the Snøhvit field.
The new well will be drilled about 25 kilometres southeast of the field and will be the first to be drilled in the licence area.
Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 50 per cent. The other licensees are Eni Norge AS (30 per cent) and Petoro AS (20 per cent). T
Production licence 849 was awarded on 5 February 2016 in APA 2015.