Lundin Petroleum has confirmed the start of drilling on a North Sea well.
Exploration well 26/10-1 will investigate the hydrocarbon potential of the Zulu prospect in PL674BS, 100 km west of Stavanger on the Norwegian west coast.
The venture’s main objective 26/10-1 is to test the reservoir properties and hydrocarbon potential of Miocene aged sandstones of the Utsira Formation in the Patch Bank Ridge.
The firm estimates the Zulu prospect has potential to contain unrisked, gross prospective resources of 153 million barrels of oil.
The planned total depth is 1,020 metres below mean sea level and the well will be drilled using the semisubmersible drilling unit Island Innovator.
Drilling is expected to take 25 days.
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