Go-ahead for Visund Sør production drilling

May 3, 2013
Statoil has authorization from Petroleum Safety Authority Norway for production drilling on Visund Sør in the North Sea.

Offshore staff

OSLO, Norway – Statoil has authorization from Petroleum Safety Authority Norway for production drilling on Visund Sør in the North Sea.

The semisubmersibleScarabeo V will drill and complete wells 34/8-V-1 H and 34/8-V-2 on license PL 120, with the program due to last 28 days.

Visund Sør is an oil and gas field between the Gullfaks C and Visund facilities, 125 km (77 mi) west-northwest of Bulandet in Sogn og Fjordane.

The field is being developed with asubsea template that will be tied in to the Gullfaks C complex. Water depth is about 290 m (951 ft).

5/03/2013