Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling of a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.
The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Zulu prospect in PL674BS which is located 100km west of Stavanger on the Norwegian coast and 30 km northeast of the Johan Sverdrup discovery.
The main objective of well 26/10-1 was to test the hydrocarbon potential in the Miocene Utsira Formation sand.
A spokesman said he well encountered Utsira Formation sand with very good reservoir quality.
Gas was also encountered in the well in an upper 24 metres and sequence.
Pressure measurements imply a gas column of 36 metres at the well and thorough logging and sampling has been performed.
Fluid data will be analysed and detailed mapping performed for resource potential evaluation before the well is plugged and abandoned as a gas discovery.
The well was drilled by the drilling rig Island Innovator to a total depth of 995 metres subsea and wasterminated in sediments of presumed Oligocene age Hordaland Group.
The well was the first exploration well in licence PL674BS, which was awarded as a part of PL674 in 2012 and carved out as a separate licence in 2014.
Lundin Norway is operator with a 35% working interest.
Petrolia Norway and E.ON E&P Norge are partners with 35 and 30% working interest respectively.
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