Successful completion of Edvard Grieg development drilling programme
05 Julio 2018 - 1:30AM
Successful completion of Edvard Grieg development drilling
programme
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to
announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin
Norway) has successfully completed the PDO development drilling
programme at its operated Edvard Grieg field on the Utsira High in
the Norwegian North Sea. A significant reserves upgrade and
extension of the production plateau have been made since the PDO
with additional resource potential identified in the
area.
The Edvard Grieg field in PL338 started production in late 2015.
The drilling programme, consisting of 14 development wells,
has successfully been completed under budget by the Rowan Viking
jack-up drilling rig, which is now being demobilised.
Alex Schneiter, President and CEO of Lundin Petroleum comments:
“Edvard Grieg is a key asset for Lundin Petroleum. I am very
pleased with the performance of the field on all fronts and
convinced that we will eventually see the gross ultimate recovery
grow to over 300 MMboe. The exciting tie-back opportunities in the
area have the potential to double the volumes produced through
Edvard Grieg, allowing us to keep the facilities full for many
years to come.”
Overall reservoir results from the development drilling have
exceeded the pre-drill expectations. Combined with a strong
reservoir performance, that has seen no material water production
to date, these positive results have led to a 47 percent increase
of the best estimate gross ultimate recovery for the Edvard Grieg
field since the PDO. In addition, further contingent resources are
identified associated with infill drilling opportunities.
The reserves upgrade has led to the field production plateau
being extended from the PDO by two years to end 2019. An infill
development drilling programme is being planned for 2020 which has
the potential to further extend the production plateau. A 4D
seismic survey is being acquired over the field in 2018 to refine
the infill well targets.
Current gross production from Edvard Grieg is approximately 95
Mboepd, which reflects the facilities capacity allocation with the
Ivar Aasen field. The capacity of the Edvard Grieg production wells
is currently more than double the available facilities capacity,
which provides flexibility to optimally manage the reservoir. The
facilities continue to perform ahead of guidance with a production
efficiency of 97 percent year to date. Total gross production from
Edvard Grieg from first oil to end of the first quarter 2018
amounted to 74 MMboe.
The operated oil discoveries Luno II in PL359 and Rolvsnes in
PL338C are being matured as subsea tie-back development
opportunities to the Edvard Grieg facilities. The recent Lille
Prinsen oil discovery in PL167 is also a possible area tie-back
opportunity. Additionally, further area prospectivity is being
matured for drilling in 2019. In total, there is potential to
double the resources to be produced through the Edvard Grieg
facilities.
The resource upside at Edvard Grieg and the additional resource
potential in the area are incremental to Lundin Petroleum’s
long-term production guidance and have the potential to keep the
Edvard Grieg facilities full for many years, maintaining the
current operating cost for the field of below USD 4 per barrel.
Lundin Norway is the operator of PL338 with a 65 percent working
interest. The partners are OMV with 20 percent and Wintershall
with 15 percent.
Lundin Petroleum is one of Europe’s leading
independent oil and gas exploration and production companies with
operations focused on Norway and listed on NASDAQ Stockholm (ticker
"LUPE"). Read more about Lundin Petroleum’s business and operations
at www.lundin-petroleum.com
For further information, please contact:
Alex BuddenVP
Communications & Investor RelationsTel: +41 22 595 10
19alex.budden@lundin.ch |
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Sofia AntunesInvestor
Relations OfficerTel: +41 795 23 60 75sofia.antunes@lundin.ch |
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Robert ErikssonManager,
Media CommunicationsTel: +46 701 11 26
15robert.eriksson@lundin-petroleum.se |
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