Wintershall Dea Norge AS has been granted a drilling permit by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate for drilling in production license (PL) 248 in the North Sea.
Well 35/11-27 S will be drilled by the Transocean Norge semi-submersible drilling rig. Wintershall will also use the Transocean Norge as part of the Maria field revitalization project in the Norwegian Sea (OGJ Online, 2024).
Wintershall Dea is operator at PL 248 (60%) with partner Petoro AS (40%). The license contains the Wintershall-operated Vega oil and gas field northwest of Bergen.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
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).
