Centrica PLC has let a drilling contract to Island Drilling Co. AS for an appraisal well in 2018 at the 2010 Fogelberg natural gas discovery in the Haltenbanken area of the Norwegian Sea.
Drilling will begin in the first quarter in production license 433 with the Island Innovator semisubmersible drilling rig operated by Odfjell Drilling. The rig agreement with Island Drilling contains an option for two additional wells.
Fogelberg is estimated to hold 60 million boe (OGJ Online, July 17, 2017; Feb. 1, 2013). Operator Centrica has 50% in the Fogelberg license while Faroe Petroleum and DEA Norge each have 25%.
The current development concept is a subsea tie-in to the Statoil-operated Asgard B platform.
