Offshore staff

STAVANGER -- The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted StatoilHydro Petroleum a drilling permit for wellbore 6407/8-4 A. Wellbore 6407/8-4S will be drilled from the West Alpha drilling facility.

The acreage covers parts of the blocks 6407/8 and 6407/9. Production license 348 was awarded in APA in 2004 with Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS as operator. Two exploration wells have been drilled in the production license.

04/10/2008