"Lundin" News

Lundin in small Malaysian gas find

Oct 26, 2015

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…

Faroe inks rig for Brasse drilling

Dec 17, 2015

UK-based explorer Faroe Petroleum has awarded a rig contract for the drilling of Brasse exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea. The firm also says production has restarted from the Enoch field, in which it has a 13.86% stake.  The…

Alvheim production restored

Dec 15, 2015

Det Norske's Alvheim floating production, storage and offloading vessel has returned to full capacity after an electric fault was fixed. The fault, which occurred late November, was in the high voltage drive motor for one of the gas export compressors on Alvheim…

Saipem awarded US$196 million in contracts

Dec 15, 2015

Saipem has been awarded new engineering and construction offshore contracts cumulatively valued at US$196 million (€180 million). The most significant initiatives are: Johan Sverdrup Export Pipelines Project  Statoil, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partners…

First oil at Edvard Grieg

Nov 30, 2015

First oil started from the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian North Sea 28 November 2015. The Edvard Grieg field is part of PL338 on the Utsira High in the North Sea, about 180 km west of Stavanger. The development comprises a steel jacket platform and 22…

Lundin permitted to drill well 16/4-10

Nov 30, 2015

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…

Lundin spins Malaysian bit

Nov 09, 2015

Lundin Petroleum has started drilling the Selada-1 exploration well in Block PM308A, offshore Malaysia.  The well will target hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands and is located 14km to the south of the Bertam field, operated by Lundin…

Lundin spuds Barents Ørnen prospect

Nov 24, 2015

Lundin Petroleum has started drilling exploration well 7130/4-1 on the Ørnen (Eagle) prospect. Ørnen is in PL708, on the eastern parts of the Finnmark Platform in the southern Barents Sea. The reservoir is expected to consist of Upper Permian carbonates…

Lundin spuds Lorry prospect

Nov 13, 2015

Lundin Norway has commenced drilling of exploration well 6407/10-4 on the Lorry prospect, in the Norwegian Sea.   Image from Lundin Petroleum. Well 6407/10-4 will explore the Lorry prospect in PL700…

Lundin gets Barents Sea consent

Nov 13, 2015

Image from Lundin Petroleum. Lundin Norway, as operator for production license 708, has received consent to drill exploration well 7130/4-1 in the Barents Sea. Drilling is scheduled to begin in November 2015 and estimated to last 56 days…

26 apply for Norway's 23rd round

Dec 04, 2015

A total of 26 oil and gas companies applied for rights to explore acreage in the Norwegian and Barents Seas in Norway’s 23rd licensing round this week. This year’s licensing round comprises of 57 announced blocks or parts of blocks, of…

Edvard Grieg green light to start-up

Nov 05, 2015

Lundin is on track to start up tohe Edward Grieg field this month after Norway's Petroleum Safety have the firm the green light for start-up and operation. The Edvard Grieg field is 35km of the Grane and Balder fields in 110m water depth…

Weather restrictions halt Barents probe

Nov 06, 2015

Lundin Petroleum has successfully drilled a section of the exploration well 7220/6-2 on the Neiden prospect in PL609, but drilling operations have had to be temporarily suspended due to winter restrictions on the use of the Island Innovator drilling rig in the Barents Sea South…

Deep Sea Mooring bags Lundin gig

Oct 27, 2015

Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) has been awarded a three-year contract with Lundin Norway to provide services and products supporting Lundin’s activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) including mooring equipment for drilling rigs and accommodation units…

Lundin selling Indonesian assets

Oct 09, 2015

Sweden's Lundin Petroleum has agreed to sell its Indonesian oil and gas assets to PT Medco Energi Internasional TBK for US$22 million.   The Indonesian assets include a non-operated interest in the producing Singa gas field and operated…

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