Statoil has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill exploration well 6507/3-12 on the Mim prospect in the Norwegian Sea.
Statoil is the operator for production licence 159B in block 6507/3 in the Norwegian Sea west of Sandnessjøen.
Water depth at the site is 381m. Drilling is scheduled to begin in early January 2017 and will last 27 days. A possible sidetrack from the well will take a further 18 days.
The well is to be drilled by the Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible drilling facility owned and operated by Odfjell Drilling. The facility is an Aker H-3 type, built in 1963. It is classified by DNV GL and registered in Norway.