Vår Energi granted Barents Sea drilling permit

Vår Energi has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to drill in the Barents Sea.

Dec. 6, 2023

Vår Energi AS has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to drill in production license 1025 S in the Barents Sea.

Wildcat well 7219/6-1 is expected to be drilled by the Transocean Enabler semisubmersible drilling rig sometime in August.

Vår Energi is operator of the license (60%) with partners Petoro AS (20%) and Equinor Energy AS (20%).

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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).