Equinor Energy AS has been granted consent by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to drill an exploration well in Block 34/4 (Statfjord kile prospect) in North Sea production license (PL) 057.
Well 34/4-17 S will be drilled by the Deepsea Stavanger in 360 m of water.
Equinor is operator at PL 057 (31%) with partners Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS (9.6%), Petoro AS (30%), Vår Energi AS (4.9%), and Wintershall Dea Norge AS (24.5%).