Vår Energi ASA has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for exploration wells 25/7-12 S and 25/7-12 A in production license (PL) 917 in the North Sea.
The wells will be drilled by the Deepsea Yantai semisubmersible drilling rig.
Vår Energi is operator of the license with 40% interest. Partners are Aker BP ASA (40%) and Equinor Energy AS (20%).
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
