The NPD confirmed on 5 July 2018 that Equinor has acquired M Vestâs 20% interest in PL 796 (effective from 29 June 2018). The APA 2014 licence covers an area of 253 sq km over parts of blocks 6407/2, 6407/3, 6407/5 and 6407/6, lying to the north, east, south and southwest of Mikkel. It contains the 2011 Cortina gas discovery made by OMV. Equinor will drill a well on the Lanterna prospect in PL 796 in 2019.  OMVâs exploration well 6407/5-2 S targeted the Chamonix and Cortina stacked prospects in what was then PL 471. Although the main stratigraphic Chamonix prospect (Upper Cretaceous Lysing Formation) was found to contain tight sandstones, the well proved a gross gas column of 40m in the secondary Cortina target (Upper Jurassic Rogn Formation) and the Middle Jurassic Garn Formation also contained gas. At the time of drilling it was reported that the partners were assessing potential tie-back options but PL 471 was relinquished in 2013.   Interest in PL 796 is now divided between Equinor Energy AS (60% + operator), Edison Norge AS (20%) and Point Resources AS (20%).
Equinor has acquired M Vestâs 20% interest in PL 796 (