Neptune Energy granted North Sea drilling permit
Neptune Energy Norge AS has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for exploration well 35/6-4 A in production license 929 in the North Sea.
The well will be drilled by the Deepsea Yantai semisubmersible drilling rig.
Neptune Energy is operator of the license with 40% interest. Partners are Panion Energy AS (20%), Wintershall Dea Norge AS (20%), Aker BP ASA (10%) and DNO Norge AS (10%).
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
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).