Shell, the operator for production license 832 in the Norwegian Sea, has been granted consent from Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to drill exploration well 6304/3-1.
Image: Royal Dutch Shell head office in Carel van Bylandtlaan, Netherlands. Photo: courtesy of P.L. van Till at nl.wikipedia.
The purpose of the well is to investigate a prospect named “Coeus”.
The well will be drilled at the following location:
63°48’05.89″ N
04°52’18.41″ E
This is around 165 km northwest of Kristiansund, and water depth here is 1,235 metres.
The drilling operations will start between July and September 2018, and are expected to last 55 days.
Drilling is to be carried out using the Scarabeo 8 mobile drilling facility. This is a semi-submersible drilling facility of the Moss CS50 MKII type, operated by Saipem Norge.
It was built in Russia and Italy and commissioned in 2012. The facility is classified by DNV GL and registered in the Bahamas.
Source: Company Press Release