The Norway Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Lundin Norway consent to drill exploration well 7220/6-2 in the Barents Sea in a prospect called Neiden.
Lundin is the operator for production license 609 in block 7220/6 in the Barents Sea.
Drilling is scheduled to begin in mid-August 2015 at the earliest and estimated to last 40 days.
The well is to be drilled by Odfjell Drilling's Island Innovator semisubmersible drilling facility.