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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for wellbore 16/4-5, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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Wellbore 16/4-5 will be drilled from the Transocean Winner drilling facility at position 58°43’ 44.13’’ North and 02°17’ 32.29’’ East, after completion of drilling of appraisal well 16/1-13 for Lundin Norway AS in production licence 338.
The drilling programme for wellbore 16/4-5 relates to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 359. Lundin is the operator with an ownership interest of 40 per cent. The other licensees are Premier and Statoil, each with an ownership interest of 30 per cent.
The area in the production licence consists of the southwestern part of block 16/1 and the northern part of block 16/4. Well 16/4-5 will be drilled approximately 10 kilometres south of the 16/1-8 discovery (Luno) in the central part of the North Sea.
Production licence 359 was awarded in APA 2004. This is the first well to be drilled in this licence.
The drilling permit is granted on the condition that all other permits and consents required by other authorities have been secured before the drilling activity commences.
Contact in the NPD
Eldbjørg Vaage Melberg, tel.+ 47 51 87 61 00
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