Equinor granted North Sea drilling permit

May 28, 2019
Equinor Energy AS has been granted a drilling permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate for well 16/5-7 in production license 502 in the North Sea.

Equinor Energy AS has been granted a drilling permit by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate for well 16/5-7 in production license 502 in the North Sea.

The well will be drilled about 3 km west of the southern part of Johan Sverdrup field using Transocean Ltd.’s Transocean Spitsbergen harsh-environment, ultradeepwater, dual-activity, semisubmersible drilling rig.

This is the second exploration well to be drilled in PL 502. The area in PL 502 consists of a part of Block 16/5.

Equinor serves as operator with 44.44%. Other partners are Petoro AS 33.33% and Aker BP AS 22.22%.