Wellesley Petroleum AS has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to drill in the North Sea.
Exploration well 35/10-10 S will be drilled in production license 1148 by the Deepsea Yantai drilling rig.
Wellesley Petroleum is operator of the license (50%) with partners DNO Norge AS (30%), Aker BP ASA (10%), and Equinor Energy AS (10%).