Wintershall to Drill New Wells in PL 457 with ‘Borgland Doplhin’

Wintershall Norge to Drill Wells in PL 457, Norway

Wintershall Norge AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of wells 16/1-19 S and 16/1-20 S in production licence 457 in the Norwegian North Sea using the Borgland Dolphin mobile drilling rig.

Water depth at the site is approx. 113 metres.

The planned start-up is September 2013 with a duration of 163 days, depending on whether a discovery is made.

Borgland Dolphin is a semi-submersible drilling rig of the Aker H-3 type. It was built at Harland & Wolff in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1977 and underwent an extensive upgrade in 1999. The facility is owned by Borgland Dolphin Pte Ltd and operated by Dolphin Drilling A/S. It received Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) in September 2004.

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Press Release, August 28, 2013