Equinor granted North Sea drilling permit

July 20, 2022
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 .

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%).