The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil a drilling permit for well 35/2-3, located in PL 318 in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.
Statoil will use the Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig, owned and operated by Saipem SpA Norwegian Branch.
The drilling programme for well 35/2-3 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 318, where Statoil is the operator with an ownership interest of 60 per cent. The other licensees are Idemitsu (20 per cent) and Petoro (20 per cent). The area in the licence comprises a section of block 35/2. The well will be drilled approx. 15 kilometres southeast of the 35/2-1 discovery.
Production licence 318 was awarded on 18 June 2004 (APA 2003). This is the fourth well to be drilled in the licence.
[mappress] Offshore Energy Today Staff, June 1, 2012