Lundin Finds Oil Column at Johan Sverdrup Appraisal Well

Lundin Petroleum AB  has informed that the Johan Sverdrup appraisal well 16/3-6, located in the eastern part of PL501, found an oil column of 11.5 metres in good quality sandstone of Upper Jurassic age. The well, located in the Norwegian part of the North Sea is successfully completed.

Appraisal well 16/3-6 is located at the eastern flank of the Johan Sverdrup discovery. It was drilled approximately 5.1 km south-east of the discovery well 16/2-6, approximately 1.9 km north of well 16/3-4 and 3.3 km south-east of well 16/2-13S. The well found a 24 metres gross reservoir section of which 11.5 metres was above the Oil Water Contact (OWC). The reservoir sequence is entirely of late Jurassic age and consists of reservoir sandstone of excellent quality with a high net to gross ratio. The reservoir is resting directly on granitic basement.

The OWC was established at 1,926 metres below mean sea level.

The well was drilled to a total depth of 2,025 metres below mean sea level into granitic basement. A comprehensive coring and logging program has been successfully completed, including a log-inject log wireline run for EOR screening. A pressure gauge was installed in the hole to monitor the reservoir pressure for a period of 2-5 years.

Ashley Heppenstall, President and CEO of Lundin Petroleum comments as follows; “We are very pleased with the latest Johan Sverdrup appraisal well which encountered a good quality reservoir section above and below the Oil Water Contact (OWC). The lower OWC encountered and the thicker Draupne sandstone reservoir are both positive results.”

The well was drilled using the semi-submersible drilling rig Bredford Dolphin. The rig will now drill well 16/4-7 located in PL544 also operated by Lundin Norway.

Lundin Norway is the operator in PL501 with 40 percent interest. Partners are Statoil Petroleum AS with 40 percent interest and Maersk Oil Norway AS with 20 percent interest.