Equinor Energy AS has been granted consent by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to drill two prospects in the North Sea.
The operator plans to drill exploration well 35/10-9 (Heisenberg prospect) in Block 35/10 in production license 827 S in water depth of 368 m using the Deepsea Stavanger semisubmersible mobile drilling unit. Equinor is operator of the license with 51% interest. DNO Norge AS holds the remaining 49%.
Separately, in Block 34/6, the company expects to drill 34/6-6 S and 34/6-6 A (Angulata Brent prospect) in production license 554 in 374 m water depth using the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilling rig. Equinor is operator of the license with 40% interest. Partners are Aker BP ASA (30%) and Vår Energi ASA (30%).