MOL Norge AS has been granted a drilling permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate for appraisal well 25/8-21 S in North Sea production license (PL) 820 S. The area in this license consists of parts of Blocks 25/7 and 25/8, about 11 km north of Balder field (OGJ Online, Apr. 29, 2021).
The well is the third exploration in the license and will be drilled from the Transocean Barents semisubmersible drilling rig.
MOL Norge AS is operator of the license with 40% interest. Parnters are Lundin Energy Norway AS (41%), Pandion Energy AS (12.5%), and Wintershall Dea Norge AS (6.5%).