Friday 19 July 2019

Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given Equinor Energy consent for exploration drilling in block 32/4 in the North Sea.

Well 32/4-2 belongs to production licence 921, for which Equinor is the operator. The well has been given the prospect name of Gladsheim.

The site where the well is to be drilled is in the centre of the northern sector of the North Sea, southeast of the Troll field.

The geographical coordinates are:

60° 30' 37,36'' N

04° 09' 18,03'' E

Water depth at the location is 292 metres.

Drilling is scheduled to begin in late August 2019 and is expected to last at least 26 days.

The well will be drilled by the West Hercules mobile drilling facility, which is owned and operated by Seadrill.

West Hercules is a 6th generation semi-submersible drilling facility built in 2008 at the Daewoo Shipyard, South Korea. The facility was issued with an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) by the PSA in 2012.