Oljedirektoratet

Drilling permit for well 6204/11-3 in production licence 829

10/08/2020 The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wellesley Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 6204/11-3, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Well 6204/11-3 will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility in position 62° 3’ 52.058” N and 04° 22’ 10.418” E. The rig is currently at the shipyard in Kvinesdal.

The drilling programme for well 6204/11-3 relates to the drilling of wildcat wells in production licence 829. Wellesley Petroleum AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 60 per cent. The other licensees are Equinor Energy AS (20 per cent) and Petoro AS (20 per cent).

The area in this licence consists of parts of blocks 6204/7, 8, 10 and 11. The well will be drilled about 65 kilometres north-northeast of the Peon discovery and about 100 km southwest of Ålesund.

Production licence 829 was awarded on 5 February 2016 (APA2015). This is the first exploration well to be drilled in the licence.

The permit is contingent on the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing the drilling activity.

Map of well 6204_11_3

 

Contact
Oljedirektoratet

Tel: +47 51 87 60 00

Updated: 10/08/2020

Latest news

We have received two applications proposing acreage for CO2 storage
29/09/2023 Four companies have submitted applications with proposed acreage for storing CO2 in the North Sea.
Green light for Breidablikk
28/09/2023 The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent for start-up of the Breidablikk field in the North Sea. Production is expected to start in October.
Help us improve our website
28/09/2023 We want to continue evolving our website, npd.no, and would like your input on how we can improve. We would greatly appreciate if you could complete a brief user survey. It should only take about two minutes and it is anonymous.
Gas/condensate discovery in the North Sea
27/09/2023 DNO Norge is concluding the drilling of exploration well 25/7-11 S “Norma” in the North Sea. Recoverable gas/condensate volumes of between 2-21 million Sm3 were proven.
Gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea
27/09/2023 OMV has made a gas discovery in well 6607/3-1 S, 225 km west of Sandnessjøen.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and the Petroleum Safety Authority are changing their names
22/09/2023 Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre emphasises that both agencies are crucial in the effort to further evolve the Norwegian shelf, both within oil and gas as well as new industries.
Dry well near the Munin field in the North Sea
22/09/2023 Equinor Energy is concluding the drilling of exploration well 30/11-15 in the North Sea. The well is dry.
Drilling permit for well 6406/3-12 S
22/09/2023 The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Dea Norge AS drilling permit for well 6406/3-12 S in production licence 836 S, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations. The well is a re-spud of well 6406/3-11 S and located 70m southeast of the first well.
Postponed: Seminar on safe CO2 storage
21/09/2023 The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA) are postponing the planned seminar on safe CO2 storage due to ongoing work on updating the CO2 Storage Regulations.
Production figures August 2023
21/09/2023 Preliminary production figures for August 2023 show an average daily production of 2 006 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.