Equinor has increased its interest in PL 785 S by 20% as a result of a deal with operator Total. The licence covers parts of blocks 26/2 and 31/11 (to the south of Troll), totalling 622 sq km, and applies below Base Cretaceous. Total plans to drill a well on the Brunost prospect in 2020. The deal was reported by the NPD on 4 January 2020 and is effective from 20 December 2019.  This area of the Horda Platform (Stord Basin and Bergen High) has seen almost no drilling. The closest wells to the north and south are dry holes 31/8-1 and 26/5-1. 31/8-1 was drilled by E.ON Ruhrgas in 2011 on the Breiflabb prospect. The main target was the Upper Jurassic Sognefjord Formation and there were secondary objectives in the Jurassic Johansen, Fensfjord and Krossfjord formations and the Brent Group. The Sognefjord, Fensfjord and Krossfjord formations were all present but there were no shows. The Brent Group was not reached (the Krossfjord Formation was mistaken for the Brent Group at the time). 26/5-1 targeted the Paleocene Balder Formation and the Miocene Utsira Formation in the Storbarden prospect. Rocksource drilled this well in 2013, finding both formations but with almost no sand.  Interest in PL 785 S is now divided between Total E&P Norge AS (50% + operator) and Equinor Energy AS (50%).
Equinor has increased its interest in PL 785 S by 20% as a result of a deal with operator Total. The licence covers parts of blocks 26/2 and 31/11 (to the south of Troll), totalling 622 sq km, and applies below Base Cretaceous.