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NPD: Minor Oil Discovery Near the Solveig Field in the North Sea

Lundin Energy Norway AS, operator of production license 359, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 16/4-13 S. 

The well was drilled about 15 kilometers south of the Edvard Grieg field in the central part of the North Sea and 190 kilometers west of Stavanger.

The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Triassic to Paleozoic Age. The well encountered an oil column of 10 meters in conglomerate sandstone in these rocks, about 7 meters of which with moderate to poor reservoir quality.

2 16 4 13 sThe oil/water contact was encountered 1950 meters below the sea surface. The entire reservoir, including the water zone, consists of conglomeratic sandstones and in a thickness of about 380 meters.

Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 0.5 and 1.4 million standard cubic meters (Sm3) of recoverable oil equivalent.

The licensees will assess the discovery with regard to a possible tie-in to the Solveig field.

Extensive data acquisition and sampling have been carried out.

This is the sixth exploration well to be drilled in production license 359. The license was awarded in APA 2005.

The well was drilled to respective measured and vertical depths of 2,422 and 2,325 meters below sea level and was terminated in Paleozoic rocks. Water depth at the site is 100 meters.

The well will be permanently plugged and abandoned.

Well 16/4-13 S was drilled by the West Bollsta drilling facility, which will now drill production well 16/4-BA-1H on the Solveig field in production license 359 in the North Sea, where Lundin Energy Norway AS is the operator.

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