Lundin Petroleum's Malaysian subsidiary, Lundin Malaysia, has made a small gas discovery with the Mengkuang-1 exploration well in license PM307, offshore Malaysia.
Lundin announced the well had been spud in early October, and the operation targeted hydrocarbons in Miocene-aged sands 75km to the northwest of the Bertam field operated by Lundin Malaysia.
Mengkuang-1 was drilled with the West Prospero jackup rig to a total depth of 1259m below mean sea level. The well encountered 9m of gas pay in the I-35 group Miocene channel sands. The well was plugged and abandoned.
Lundin Malaysia holds 75% working interest in PM307. Partner is PETRONAS Carigali with 25% working interest. Lundin Malaysia operates six blocks in Malaysia, namely PM307, PM319, PM308A, PM308B, PM328 and SB307/308.
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