Drilling permit for well 6406/3-12 S
9/22/2023 The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Dea Norge AS drilling permit for well 6406/3-12 S in production licence 836 S, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations. The well is a re-spud of well 6406/3-11 S and located 70m southeast of the first well.
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Wellbore: 6406/3-12 S
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Updated: 9/26/2023
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