Lundin Petroleum has announced that its subsidiary, Lundin Norway has completed the 7120/2-3S well at the Skalle prospect and discovered it as a gas well. It has obtained a complete logging and coring program.
The well is located about 25 km north of the Snøhvit Field in the south-west part of the Barents Sea. The well’s main target was to show the hydrocarbons in reservoir rocks from both the Jurassic and the Cretaceous age. Gas was confirmed in the three isolated zones.
The range of the primary gross contingent resource of the Skalle prospect is calculated between 88 to 280 billion ft3 (bcf). There is a possibility for the occurrence of an upside prospective in Skalle substructures and deep oil leg in Skalle’s lower Cretaceous reservoir. The results from the well will be examined further to decide the assessment program for the discovery.
The CEO and President of the company, has stated that the Skalle gas discovery is present near the current infrastructure with upside prospective both in close substructures and additional prospects at the licence.
The primary exploration well in PL438 is the 7120/2-3S well and was drilled to an approximate depth of 2,600 m vertically below the sea level.
The company has used the Transocean Leader rig to drill the 7120/2-3S well and this drill rig will be mobilized to PL265 in the Greater Luno region in the Norwegian North Sea in order to drill the Aldous Major South exploration well 16/2-8. The operator of PL265 is Statoil and Lundin Petroleum holds a 10% interest.
Source: http://www.lundin-petroleum.com/