Lime Petroleum agreed a deal with Equinor on 8 April 2020 to gain a 20% interest in PL 263 D and PL 263 E. The licences are located in the Haltenbanken area of the Norwegian Sea, to the east of Wintershall Deaâs Maria field, and cover parts of blocks 6407/1 and 6507/10 respectively. They contain the Jurassic Appolonia prospect which will be drilled in late 2020. Lime's parent company Rex International Holding has verified the prospect using its Rex Virtual Drilling tool. The deal is subject to government approval.  PL 263 D was awarded to Equinor (then Statoil) and Spirit Energy in APA 2017. Pandion entered the licence in November 2019, taking a 20% interest from Equinor, and then Spirit withdrew in December 2019. PL 263 E was carved out from PL 263 on 1 November 2019 (a 36 sq km area immediately north of PL 263 D).  Following completion of the deal, interest in PL 263 D and PL 263 E will be held by Equinor Energy AS (60% + operator), Lime Petroleum AS (20%) and Pandion Energy AS (20%).
Norway (South Viking Graben (Viking Graben Province)) Maria