Equinor granted Norwegian Sea drilling permit

Equinor Energy AS has been granted a permit by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate to drill in the Norwegian Sea.

Well 6507/8-D-4 CH will be drilled in January in production license 124 from the Transocean Encourage semisubmersible drilling rig.

Equinor is operator of the license with about 39.80% interest. Partners are ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (about 27.91%), Petoro AS (about 22.29%) and Vår Energi ASA (10%).