The consent comprises the drilling of production and injection wells for the Eldfisk 2/7 S facility.
The drilling activities are scheduled to begin in Q1 2019.
West Elara is a jack-up drilling facility, owned and operated by Seadrill Europe Management (Seadrill).
Eldfisk
Eldfisk is an oil field in the southern part of the Norwegian sector in the North Sea, 10 kilometres south of the Ekofisk field. Eldfisk was discovered in 1970, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 1975. Production began in 1979. ConocoPhillips is the operator.
Source: norskpetroleum.no
The PDO for Eldfisk II was approved in 2011, and includes upgrading of existing infrastructure on the field, a new integrated well head, production and quarters facility (Eldfisk 2/7 S) and new production wells.
Drilling using West Elara is part of this project.