Aker BP ASA has been granted consent by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway for exploration drilling of the Overly prospect in the North Sea.
Well 2/8-19 will be drilled in production license (PL) 1085 by the Maersk Invincible in 69 m of water. Expected drilling duration is 16 days if it’s a dry hole or 21 extra days if there is a discovery.
Aker BP is operator of PL 1085 (55%) with partners DNO Norge AS (25%) and Petoro AS (20%).
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).
