Equinor Energy AS has been granted consent by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway for exploration drilling in Block 35/10 in the North Sea.
Well 35/10-8 S in production license (PL) 293B will be drilled by Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Stavanger semisubmersible drilling rig in 362 m of water. The well is targeting Paleocene injectites and the Upper Cretaceous of the Kveikje n’Roll prospect.
In May 2021, Equinor let a contract to Odfjell for use of the Deepsea Stavanger, scheduled to start drilling three exploration wells in the North Sea in February 2022.