Lundin Norway to Drill in PL 359 with Bredford Dolphin (Norway)

Lundin Norway AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling with the Bredford Dolphin mobile drilling facility in block 16/4.

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Lundin Norway AS consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/4-6S. The drilling activity is scheduled to start in February 2013, with a duration of approximately 46 days, depending on whether a discovery is made.

The drilling site is located in the central part of the North Sea and is part of production licence 359. Water depth at the site is approximately 100 metres.

Bredford Dolphin (photo) is a third generation semi-submersible drilling facility, type Aker H-3. The facility was commissioned in 1976.

Bredford Dolphin is owned by Fred Olsen ASA and operated by Fred Olsen’s subsidiary Dolphin AS (Dolphin). The company is headquartered in Stavanger.

The facility is registered in Singapore, and DNV is the classification society.

Bredford Dolphin received an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) from the PSA in 2007.

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Press Release, January 22, 2013