Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has obtained the Norwegian authorities’ go-ahead for activities in the Norwegian North Sea, which will be carried out with a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling and owned by Northern Ocean.

The Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) has given Equinor its consent to deploy the Deepsea Bollsta rig for plugging, drilling, and completion of wells on the Visund Sør field in the northern part of the North Sea, 10 kilometers northeast of the Gullfaks C platform.