Lundin Drills Appraisal Well on Joahn Sverdrup Offshore Norway

Lundin Petroleum started drilling an appraisal well on the Johan Sverdrup discovery located in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf. 

‘Well 16/3-8S is expected to provide information of the Zechstein group carbonates sub-cropping the Jurassic reservoir in the Avaldsnes High area of the Johan Sverdrup discovery. The carbonates may play an important role for the development of this part of the discovery both as a potential good oil reservoir and to optimise the production planning of the Jurassic oil reservoir directly on top of it,’ reads a note released on Friday. 

The appraisal well 16/3-8S is located on PL501 in the eastern part of the discovery offshore Norway. Lundin is the operator with 40% interest. The partners are Statoil Petroleum with 40% interest and Maersk Oil Norway with 20 % interest.

‘The planned total depth is approximately 2,025 metres below mean sea level and the well will be drilled using the semi-submersible drilling rig Bredford Dolphin. The drilling operation is expected to take approximately 45 days,’ explains the press release.