Lundin strikes gas In Barents Sea

摘要

Swedish independent Lundin made a gas discovery estimated at between 88 and 280 Bcf in the Skalle prospect in the Barents Sea. Drilled with the Transocean Leader semisubmersible, the 7120/2-3S well on Norwegian production license 438 hit a 310-ft gas column in the Cretaceous Kolmule formation, as well as two additional gas columns in Cretaceous and Jurassic reservoirs. The well is situated about 25 km north of the Snohvit gas field in the southwestern Barents Sea.