If successful, a second exploration well is planned for 2011. The company’s partners are RWE (40% and operator), Noreco (20%) and Edison (20%).
Ake Hesselbom, managing director of Maersk Oil in Norway, said: “This is quality acreage and an important step in our process to build material production in Norway.
“We have a track record of maturing our exploration portfolio into commercial successes – this is also our ambition in Norway.”
Maersk Oil currently has eight licenses in Norway with a goal for fast growth in the Norwegian sector.
Maersk Oil is a part of the AP Moller – Maersk Group and is a mid-size international oil and gas company with production in Denmark, Qatar, the UK, Algeria and Kazakhstan, and exploration activities in a number of locations globally.
