ConocoPhillips granted Norwegian Sea drilling permit

Oct. 8, 2020
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS received a drilling permit from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate for wildcat well 6507/5-10 S in production license 891, about 15 km north of Heidrun.

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS received a drilling permit from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate for wildcat well 6507/5-10 S in production license 891, about 15 km north of Heidrun. The area in this license consists of parts of blocks 6507/5, 6, and 8.

The well will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling facility after drilling wildcat well 6507/4-1 for ConocoPhillips in production license 1009.

This is the first exploration well to be drilled in the license.

ConocoPhillips is operator (80%) in the license with partner Pandion Energy AS (20%).