Lundin Petroleum today launched its Barents Sea drilling campaign.
The Norwegian operator will carry out its exploration and appraisal campaign in the Loppa High area in the southern Barents Sea with the winterised Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible drilling rig.
It will focus on three well, including the re-entry of the Alta-3 appraisal well 7220/11-3A in PL609 which was successfully drilled last year on the eastern flank of the Alta discovery.
A company spokesperson said: “The objective of the Alta-3 re-entry is to deepen the well to further assess the quality of the Permian carbonate reservoir section as well as to conduct a production test. The original Alta-3 well encountered a gross hydrocarbon column of 120 metres and all three Alta wells drilled to date have proven pressure communication. The Alta discovery is estimated to contain gross contingent resources of between 125 and 400 million barrels of oil equivalents (MMboe).”
The Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig will then move further north on PL609 to re-enter the suspended Neiden exploration well 7220/6-2 which was partially drilled last year until it was suspended due to winter restrictions. The Neiden prospect is estimated to contain gross unrisked prospective resources of 204 MMboe.
The final well will target the Filicudi prospect on PL533 to the northwest of the Alta discovery and south of the Statoil operated Johan Castberg discovery. The Filicudi prospect is estimated to contain gross unrisked prospective resources of 258 MMboe.
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