The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 6507/3-12 A, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Well 6507/3-12 A will be drilled with the Deepsea Bergen drilling facility at position 65°58′ 3.93″ north and 7°56′ 1.64″ east.

The drilling program for well 6507/3-12 A relates to the drilling of an appraisal well in production licence 159 B. Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 85 per . The other licensee is Dong E&P Norge AS with 15%. The area in this licence is part of block 6507/3. The well will be drilled about 11 km southwest of the Norne field.

Production licence 159 was awarded in licensing round 12 Part B on the Norwegian shelf, and production licence 159 B was carved out on Aug. 13, 2004.

The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing drilling activity.

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