Lundin's Gemini wildcat disappoints offshore Norway
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Lundin Petroleum, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway, operator of PL338C, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 16/1-24. The well was dry.
The well was drilled about 10 km southwest of Edvard Grieg field in the central part of the North Sea and 210 km west of Stavanger, Norway.
The primary exploration target for the well was to prove petroleum in Lower Paleocene Ty formation reservoir rocks. The well encountered no Ty formation sandstone. Data acquisition and sampling have been carried out.
This is the first exploration well in PL338C, which was carved out from PL338. Well 16/1-24 was drilled to respective vertical and measured depths of 2,269 m and 2,299 m below the sea surface, and was聽terminated in Upper Jurassic rocks. The well has been permanently plugged and abandoned. The water depth is 105 m.
The well was drilled by the Island Innovator drilling facility, which will now drill appraisal well 7220/11-2 in PL609, where Lundin Norway is the operator.
Lundin Norway is the operator of PL338C with a 50% working interest. The partners are Lime Petroleum Norway, with a 30% working interest, and OMV Norge, with a 20% working interest.