Equinor Energy AS has been granted a drilling permit for wildcat well 31/1-3S and exploration well 31/1-3A in the North Sea from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).
The wells will be drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen in production license (PL) 923.
Equinor is operator at PL 923 (40%) with partners DNO Norge AS (20%), Petoro AS (20%) and Wellesley Petroleum AS (20%).