Introduction

Location: Block 15/6 in the North Sea

Awarded: 2016-09-30

Licence expires: 2023-02-05

Production licence 814 was awarded in 2016. Noway's Petroleum Safety Authority has given Aker BP consent to drill exploration well 15/6-15 in production licence PL 814 in the North Sea. The well will investigate a prospect that Aker BP has named 'Freke-Garm'. The well’s location is in the North Sea, south-east of the Gudrun field and north-west of Gina Krogh. The geographical coordinates are: 58° 40' 35.738" N 01° 52' 22.191" E. Water depth at the site is 109 metres.

Aker BP has estimated that the drilling will last 28 days. The planned start-up is May 2019. The well will be drilled by Deepsea Stavanger, a semi-submersible mobile drilling facility of the GVA 7500 type, built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd in South Korea. The facility is owned and operated by Odfjell Drilling and received Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) from the PSA in 2017.

Aker BP ASA: Operator with 40% interest

Mol Norge AS: 30% interest

OMV(Norge): 30% interest