Norwegian oil major Equinor has been given a drilling permit to drill a new wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea, offshore Norway.
Under the permit, given to Equinor by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the well will be drilled in production license 939 using Seadrill’s West Hercules drilling rig.
Equinor is the operator with an ownership interest of 70 per cent. The partner in the license is PGNiG Norway which holds the remaining 30 per cent in the license. The drilling programme for the well designated 6407/1-9 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well.
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