ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS and PGNiG Upstream Norway AS (PGNiG) have been granted drilling permits by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway.
ConocoPhillips will drill well 25/7-10, the Lamba prospect, in Block 25/7, Production License (PL) 782 S in the North Sea.
The well will be drilled by Transocean Norge in 125.5 m of water.
ConocoPhillips is operator at PL 782 S (40%) with partners Equinor Energy AS (20%), Aker BP ASA (20%), and Wintershall Dea Norge AS (20%).
PGNiG will drill well 6608/1-1 S, the Copernicus prospect, in Production License (PL) 1017 in the Norwegian Sea.
The well will be drilled by the Deepsea Yantai in 491 m of water.
PGNiG is operator at PL 1017 (50%) with partners Equinor Energy AS (40%) and Longboat Energy Norge AS (10%).
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
