ConocoPhillips granted drilling permit for North Sea well

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ConocoPhillips a drilling permit for well 25/7-7 in the North Sea offshore Norway.

The well 25/7-7 will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible drilling rig, the NPD said on the 31^st July.

The drilling programme for well 25/7-7 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 782 S.

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia is the operator with an ownership interest of 40 per cent. Other licensees are Equinor (20 percent), Aker BP (20 percent) and DEA Norge (20 percent).

The area in this licence consists of parts of blocks 25/7 and 25/10. The well will be drilled about 17 kilometres north-west of the Balder field.

Production licence 782 S was awarded on the 6^th February 2015, in APA 2014.

This is the first well to be drilled in the licence.

Source: Offshore Energy Today