RWE Dea Norge AS has taken a farmout from Wintershall Norge ASA to earn a 10% interest in Production License 418 in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Wintershall operates the license, where the first well, 35/9-7, is to test the Skarfjell prospect 14 km southwest of Gjoa field.
RWE Dea operates the adjacent PL420 license, where it made the promising Titan discovery in 2010. RWE Dea is also a partner in the producing Gjoa field.
In 2012, RWE Dea Norge has been awarded seven new licenses, two of them as operator.
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Alan Petzet
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Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
