The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted several drilling permits recently. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted several drilling permits over the last few weeks. On October 13, the organization revealed that it had issued Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for wellbores 34/6-6 S and 34/6-6 A, both of which are exploration wildcats and both of which will be drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility, the NPD’s Factpages site highlights. The wells have a planned entry date of November 2022, according to the site. On October 3, the NPD revealed that it had granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for wellbore 16/2-23 S, which is categorized as an exploration appraisal well. The Deepsea Stavanger drilling facility will drill the well, which has a planned entry date of December 2022, NPD Factpages shows. On September 22, the NPD announced that it had granted Vår Energi AS a […]