Tuesday 18 December 2018

Equinor is the operator for production licence 857. Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have now given the company consent to drill exploration well 7132/2-2, which aims to investigate a prospect that has been named “Gjøkåsen Deep”.

The location has the following geographical coordinates:

71º 50’ 28.37” N

32º 23’ 17.91” E

Water depth at the site is 304 metres.

Well 7132/2-2 is to be drilled by the West Hercules mobile drilling facility. This is a semi-submersible drilling facility of the GVA 7500 type, operated by North Atlantic Drilling.

West Hercules was issued with an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) by the PSA in December 2012.