Lundin Petroleum subsidiary Lundin Malaysia has completed the Imbok-1 exploration well offshore East Malaysia. The well, located in Block SB307/308 encountered minor oil shows and was plugged and abandoned. The well was targeting hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands…
Swedish exploration and production firm Lundin Petroleum is to sell the floating production vessel Bertam to Malaysian state-backed M3nergy for US$265 million. The deal, expected to complete in Q1, is subject to certain completion conditions…
Swedish exploration firm Lundin Petroleum's latest exploration well 6407/10-4 on the Lorry prospect in the Norwegian Sea has been classified as dry. The well, in PL700B, on the northern part of the Frøya High in the southern Norwegian Sea has been plugged and abandoned…
Norwegian oil major Statoil has acquired an 11.93% stake in Swedish exploration firm Lundin Petroleum's shares. Statoil says the move increases its indirect exposure to core assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), including the Johan Sverdrup and Edvard Grieg fields…
Norway's Det norske is expecting sailaway of the Ivar Aasen devlopment topsides in late may, with installation offshore Norway expected for July 2016. In a market update, the firm said key activities for the project, on the Utsira High…
Lundin Petroleum has started drilling the Bambazon exploration well in Block SB307/SB308, offshore East Malaysia. The Bambazon prospect is in shallow water and lies to the north of a major producing field in offshore East Malaysia. The well will target hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands…
Aker Solutions will deliver a concept study on a new processing platform for future phases of the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The study includes design solutions for a tie-in of the…
Lundin Petroleum has discovered oil at the Rolvsnes exploration well 16/1-25 S in PL338C, in the central North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), the company confirmed on 22 December. Lundin said the well encountered a 30m gross oil column in porous granitic basement…
Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling and evaluation of exploration well 7130/4-1 on the Ørnen prospect. The well is in PL708, on the eastern parts of the Finnmark Platform in the southern Barents Sea. The well was dry and has been plugged and abandoned…
Norwegian giant Statoil handed out several contracts worth more than US$185 million (NOK 1.6 billion)for its Oseberg Vestflanken 2, Johan Sverdrup, and Ging Krog fields offshore Norway. CEO Steinar Riise is signing the contract for Ocean Installer…
Statoil is to move ahead with its delayed Johan Castberg oil field in the Barents Sea after cutting estimated development costs by half. The firm is now planning a floating production, storage and offloading vessel for the development…
Norway's latest awards in predefined areas (APA) license round has been hailed a success with some 56 exploration licenses being offered on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The APA rounds offer acreage in known areas on the shelf, rather than frontier acreage…
Statoil is decreasing cost estimates for the first phase of the giant Johan Sverdrup field by up to 42%, with development costs expected to decrease further, according to partner Det norske. Illustration of the Johan Sverdrup field…
Lundin Malaysia commenced drilling of the Imbok-1 exploration well in blocks SB307 and SB308, offshore East Malaysia. The Imbok prospect is in shallow water and lies to the east and south of two major producing fields in offshore East Malaysia…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for well 16/4-10. Well 16/4-10 will be drilled from the Island Innovator drilling facility in position 58°35’03.08’’ north 02°10’21.95’’ east. The…