Wellesley cleared to drill Kallåsen in the North Sea

April 13, 2018
Wellesley Petroleum has the green light from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority to drill the Kallåsen prospect in the North Sea.

Offshore staff

OSLO, NorwayWellesley Petroleum has the green light from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority to drill the Kallåsen prospect in the North Sea.

The semisubmersibleTransocean Arctic should spud well 35/12-6 S in production license 925 early next month, with operations lasting up to 71 days in the event of a discovery.

The location is in 355 m (1,164 ft) of water, 14 km (8.7 mi) southwest of the Gjøa field and 18 km northeast of Vega Sør, a subsea satellite to the Gjøa platform.

04/13/2018