Equinor Energy granted permit to drill wildcat

July 12, 2024
Equinor Energy AS has been granted a drilling permit for wildcat well 6610/7-3 in production license (PL) 1014 by The Norwegian Offshore Directorate

Equinor Energy AS has been granted a drilling permit for wildcat well 6610/7-3 in production license (PL) 1014 by The Norwegian Offshore Directorate.

The well will be drilled in the Norwegian Sea by the Deepsea Atlantic semisubmersible rig with an October 2024 planned entry date.

Equinor is operator at PL 1014 (80%) with partner Okea ASA (20%).

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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).