KEYFACT Energy
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has issued a drilling permit to Wellesley Petroleum for well 36/1-4 S, to be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility.
The drilling programme for well 36/1-4 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 885. Wellesley Petroleum AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 80 per cent. The other licensee is Petoro AS (20 per cent).
The area in this licence consists of parts of blocks 35/3 and 36/1. The well will be drilled about 65 kilometres north of the Gjøa field.
Production licence 885 was awarded on 10 February 2017 (APA2016). This is the second exploration well to be drilled in this licence.
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