The Northern Drilling Ltd. West Mira harsh-environment semisubmersible will drill six wells to be completed subsea in Nova oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea under a contract signed last month with operator Wintershall Norge AS.
Wintershall and partners plan three production wells and three water-injection wells drilled through two subsea templates, with production tied back to the Gjoa complex 17 km northeast. The production plans includes an option for a third template and four more wells (OGJ Online, May 18, 2018).
Water depth is about 370 m.
Seadrill Norway Operations Ltd. will operate the West Mira semi on behalf of Northern Drilling under the Wintershall contract, which includes options for as many as 10 additional wells.
The Nova drilling will begin in the first half of 2020.
Nova interests are Wintershall, the operator, 35%; Capricorn Norge AS and Spirit Energy, 20% each; Edison Norge AS, 15%; and DEA Norge AS 10%.
