Dyas has acquired 10% interest in PL 847 and PL 847 B from Equinor under a deal reported by the NPD on 22 December 2018, effective from 20 December 2018. PL 847 covers blocks 6706/5 and 6706/6 while PL 847 B covers part of block 6707/4. The licences are located approximately 65 km north of Aasta Hansteen with PL 847 containing the 2003 gas discovery made by 6706/6-1 and the currently operating Marisko well (67-6/6-2 S).   6706/6-1 targeted the Nise Formation Hvitveis prospect and was drilled by Esso in PL 264. It reached a TD of 3,451 m in the Paleocene and proved gas in an unnamed Paleocene reservoir. The NPD puts estimated recoverable reserves at 265 Bcfg (December 2018). At the time of discovery it was considered non-commercial due to the lack of any infrastructure in the area. However, following the start-up of Aasta Hansteen in December 2018 and the establishment of infrastructure in this area there is now the potential to export gas through the new Polarled pipeline to Nyhamna. Additional gas volumes proven by the Marisko well, spudded on 4 December 2018 and targeting the Upper Cretaceous Nise Formation (see separate article), could therefore potentially be developed in the future using the Aasta Hansteen facilities.  Following completion of the deal, the interest split in each licence is as follows: Wintershall Norge AS (40% + operator), OMV (Norge) AS (20%), Repsol Norge AS (20%), Dyas Norge AS (10%) and Equinor Energy AS (10%).
Norway (Nyk High (Voring B.)) Aasta Hansteen