EM anomaly: a “pointer” for hydrocarbons
Lundin is drilling well 7121/1-2S on the Pointer/Setter prospect in the Barents Sea (read also “Lundin tests Lower Cretaceous in Hammerfest Basin”). The target of the well is a stratigraphic…
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Lundin plans record number of wells
Lundin Norway has never planned that many exploration wells on the NCS as in 2019. At its Capital Market day, Lundin shared its drilling program with 15 exploration wells and…
Oil and gas in Froskelår
Aker BP recently started a drilling campaign around the Frosk discovery in the Alvheim area (read more in “Drilling campaign around Frosk”). The first exploration well 24/9-14S on Froskelår Main…
Still some interest in exploring offshore Denmark
The deadline of the 8th Danish Licensing Round for areas for oil and gas exploration and production was today 1st of February 2019. The Danish Energy Agency announced it has…
Lundin strengthens position in Basement Play
In a press release Lundin Petroleum announced an agreement with Lime Petroleum to acquire Lime’s entire acreage on the Utsira High. Lundin Norway’s working interest in the Rolvsnes oil discovery…
Drilling campaign around Frosk
Operator Aker BP has spudded well 24/9-14S, Froskelår Main in PL 869 next to the Frosk discovery from 2018. Frosk proved 50 mmboe of oil in sand injectites in the…
Automated interpretation- can we trust it?
At #DigEx 2019 RagnaRock will showcase their technology. In the automated interpretation session (full program here), RagnaRock GEO, represented by Mikael Kvalvær, Software Developer and Åsmund Heir, CEO, are presenting how…
Barents Sea Players and the APA awards
The analysis of the APA18 awards can tell us more about which companies are exploring in the most northern oil province of the NCS and the exploration strategy of these…
No luck for Mol on Mandal High
The NPD announced today that Mol Norge is finishing well 2/6-6S in PL860 in the southern part of the North Sea at the Mandal High. The targets for the well…
Lundin tests Lower Cretaceous play in Hammerfest Basin
Exploration well 7121/1-2 S is drilled in PL767 with Lundin Norway as the operator (50%) and partners INPEX (40%) and DNO (10%). The Pointer/Setter prospect is located southeast of the Alta/Gohta…
High risk – High reward
With well 7132/2-1, Equinor (40%), together with partners Lundin, Aker BP and Petoro (each 20% working interest) is targeting the high-risk high-reward Gjøkåsen prospect. Gjøkasen (PL857) is located in the…
No reservoir, no oil
Both targets in 6307/1-1 S in the Froan Basin were water-bearing. Before drilling, Lundin claimed a discovery may contain 193MMboe in untested Permian carbonate and Jurassic sandstone plays. Lundin has…