Aker BP ASA has been granted a drilling permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate for appraisal well 25/2-24 B in North Sea production license 873.
Aker BP ASA has been granted a drilling permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate for appraisal well 25/2-24 B in North Sea production license 873.
The exploration well will be drilled in May by the Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig.
Aker BP is operator with 47.7% interest. Partners are Equinor Energy AS (40%) and LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS (12.3%).
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
