Well 16/2-20 will be drilled from the Island Innovator drilling facility at position 58°56’25.80’’ north and 02°25’34.09’’ east in production licence 501.
The drilling programme for well 16/2-20 relates to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 501. Lundin is the operator with an ownership interest of 40 per cent. The other licensees are Statoil Petroleum AS with 40 per cent and Maersk Oil Norway AS with 20 per cent.
The area in this licence consists of parts of blocks 16/2, 3, 5 and 6. The well will be drilled about 3.2 kilometres north of well 16/2-9 S on Johan Sverdrup in the central part of the North Sea.
Production licence 501 was awarded on 23 January 2009 (APA 2008). This is the fourteenth well to be drilled within the licence area.
The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities before the drilling activity starts.