Eni Receives Consent for Exploration Drilling in the Barents Sea
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Eni Norge AS (Eni) is the operator for production licence 716, in blocks 7318/11 and 7318/12 in the Barents Sea.
Eni has received consent from the PSA to drill well 7318/12-11 in a prospect named Boné-Bigorna. The well's coordinates will be
73o 07' 46.84" N
18o 43' 04.17" E
The drilling location is around 320 kilometres north-west of Hammerfest. Water depth at the site is 418 metres. The drilling work is scheduled to take 55 days.
The well is to be drilled using the Scarabeo 8 mobile facility, which is owned and operated by Saipem SpA. Scarabeo 8 was issued with an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) by the PSA in May 2012.