OMV granted permit for Norwegian Sea drilling

OMV (Norge) AS has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate to drill in the Norwegian Sea.

Exploration well 6606/4-1 S and 6606/4-1 A will be drilled in production license 1194 by the Deepsea Ballsta semisubmersible drilling rig beginning this month.

OMV is operator of the license with 40% interest. Partners are INPEX Idemitsu Norway AS (30%), and Vår Energi ASA (30%).