Equinor Energy AS and partners have agreed to drill four new wells on Statfjord Øst. Discovered in 1976, the Statfjord Øst field is located in the Tampen area in the North Sea, 7km northeast of the Statfjord field in a water depth of 150 to 190m.
The wells are scheduled to be drilled by the drilling rig COSLPromoter in the spring of 2023. Along with the four Statfjord Øst’s wells, the rig is also hired to drill five wells for the Statfjord satellite fields.
Equinor is operator (31.6875%) with partners Petoro AS (30%), Vår Energi AS (20.55%), Spirit Energy Norway AS (11.5625%), Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS (4.8%), and Wintershall Dea Norge AS (1.4%).
The contract value is about US$56m for the fixed part of the deal, which is expected to last 220 days.
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