Equinor Energy AS has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to drill in production license 089 in the North Sea.
Well 34/7-37 S—the 42nd to be drilled in the license, will be drilled from the Deepsea Atlantic drilling facility east of Statfjord field, directly west of the discovery 34/7-21 Borg.
The area in the license consists of parts of Block 34/7.
Equinor is operator with 41.5% interest. Partners are Petoro AS (30%), Vår Energi AS (16.1%), Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS (9.6%), and Wintershall Dea Norge AS (2.8%).