Aker BP ASA has been granted a drilling permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate for appraisal well 25/2-22 S in the North Sea.
The well—the 9th to be drilled in production license 442—will be drilled about 37 km north of Heimdal field from Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible drilling facility.
Aker BP is operator with 90.26%. LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS holds the remaining 9.74%.
The area in the license consists of parts of Blocks 25/2 and 25/3.