PSA authorizes North Sea subsea, drilling requests
May 11, 2021
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority has approved Lundin Energy Norway’s request to dispose of subsea facilities on the Brynhild field in the North Sea.
(Courtesy Maersk Drilling)
The jackup Maersk Intrepid.
Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway – The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has approved Lundin Energy Norway’s request to dispose of subsea facilities on the Brynhild field in the North Sea.
Lundin developed Brynhild via a tieback to the FPSO Haewene Brim on the Shell-operated Pierce field in UK waters.
In addition, the PSA has authorized Equinor to use the jackup Maersk Intrepid for production drilling and completion of wells 30/4-A-11 and 30/4-A-16 at the Martin Linge field in North Sea license 043.
The rig has been at the field location since the fall of 2018, but serving as a floatel.
Aker BP also has consent from the PSA to use the semisubmersible Deepsea Nordkapp for drilling a shallow gas pilot hole in block 2/4 in the southern Norwegian North Sea.
This is connected to preparation of the development plan for the 2012 HP/HT King Lear gas-condensate discovery in 70 m (230 ft) water depth, 20 km (12 mi) north of the Ekofisk field.
