Norway's Equinor has been given regulatory approval to drill in a block in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea using a Seadrill drilling rig.
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given its consent for exploration drilling in the block 30/2. We have given Equinor Energy (Equinor) consent for exploration drilling in block 30/2 in the North Sea.
"We have now given the company consent to drill pilot hole 30/2-U-1 using the West Hercules semi-submersible drilling facility," PSA Norway said Wednesday.
The pilot hole is located north-west of the Huldra field in the North Sea, in a water depth of 142 meters. Equinor estimates that the drilling will take three days.
The pilot hole will be drilled by Seadrill's West Hercules semi-submersible drilling rig built in 2008.
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