French major Total is planning to return in the early part of next year for a third attempt to drill the first development well for the Ballindalloch project off the UK North Sea after two earlier tries to sink the top-hole met with failure.
Ballindalloch is the new name for South Maclure, a planned one or two-well tie-back to the Gryphon Alpha floating production, storage and offloading vessel, part of the large North Sea portfolio that Total acquired through its $7.5
