KEYFACT Energy
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given Aker BP consent to use the Maersk Invincible mobile drilling facility for drilling of a pilot hole on the Hod field.
The main goal for the well is to map the risk of shallow gas / water in the area. The well will be permanently plugged and abandoned after the drilling operation is completed.
Hod
Hod is a field in the southern part of the Norwegian sector in the North Sea, about 13 kilometres south of the Valhall field. The water depth is 72 metres. Hod was discovered in 1974, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 1988. The field was developed with an unmanned wellhead platform, remotely controlled from Valhall. Production started in 1990.
KeyFacts Energy: Aker BP Norway country profile