The drilling program for wellbore 6506/9-2 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 433, which is located about 240km northwest of Namsos and 10km north of the Smorbukk gas and condensate deposit, which is part of the Asgard field in the Norwegian Sea.
Centrica Resources is the operator with a 28% ownership interest, while the other licensees are Petro-Canada with 30%, North Energy with 12%, and E.ON Ruhrgas and Faroe Petroleum, each with a 15% ownership interest.
The area in this production license consists of the southwestern part of block 6506/9 and the northwestern part of block 6506/12. The license was awarded in APA 2006, and this is the first well drilled in production license 433.
The drilling permit is granted on the condition that all other permits and consents required by other authorities have been secured before the drilling activity commences.
