Talisman Energy has received consent to use Mærsk Giant for plugging well 15/12-A-2, A-4, A-9, A-11, A-12, A-13, A-15 and A-16 on the Varg field.
TENAS has allocated up to 153 days for the activity, which will start in mid-May 2015. Water depth at the site is 367 metres.
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Varg is an oil field located south of Sleipner East in the central sector of the North Sea. The field will be produced using the Petrojarl Varg production vessel, which has integrated oil storage and is tied to the Varg A well-head facility.
The wells will be drilled by Mærsk Giant which is a jack-up mobile drilling facility. It is owned and operated by the A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group. It was built in Japan by Hitachi and completed in 1986.
