Equinor Energy AS has been granted consents by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to advance work in the Norwegian Sea and North Sea.
The operator has been granted consent for exploration drilling in Block 6406/5 in the Norwegian Sea where it will drill well 6406/5-2 S (Tott West prospect) in production license 255B. Drilling, by the Deepsea Stavanger drilling rig in 304 m of water depth, is expected to take 81 days, or 103 days should there be a discovery.
The company also has been granted consent for drilling rig use in the North Sea. The company will utilize the Transocean Spitsbergen mobile drilling unit for production drilling of well 34/7-E-4 BH (Lomre) in production license 089 in Vigdis field in the Tampen area. Activities include well intervention for the preparation of side steps as well as drilling and completion of a new well path. The main objective is to establish an injection well that provides pressure support to production well 34/7-H-1 AH to maintain the production level and increase the recovery rate for the field.
Consent for use of the Noble Lloyd Noble mobile drilling rig for production drilling on Gina Krog field has also been granted. The field lies in production license 029C and 048 on the Utsira High in the central part of the North Sea, just north of Sleipner Vest field. Water depth in the area is 110-120 m.