well 7324/7-3 S in production licence 537

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to OMV Norge AS for well 7324/7-3 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Well 7324/7-3 S will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility in position 73o26'30.78' north and 24o15'39.88' east.

The drilling programme for well 7324/7-3 S relates to the drilling of an appraisal well in production licence 537. OMV Norge AS is the operator with a 25 per cent ownership interest. The other licensees are Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS with 20 per cent, Petoro AS with 20 per cent, Tullow Oil Norge AS with 20 per cent and Statoil Petroleum AS with 15 per cent.

Tags: Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, OMV Norge AS