The well, named lower Lunde, was drilled to a depth of 2652 metres. The purpose of the Statoil-operated well was to prove
petroleum in the Upper Triassic reservoir rocks that belong to the lower parts of the Lunde formation.
The find has been named Lower Lunde, and its size has been estimated to be between 6 and 19 million barrels of oil equivalents.
The well formations are of good reservoir quality. The well was not formation tested, though samples were taken and data collected.
"Together with the other discoveries on Tampen in 2009 - such as Vigdis Nordøst, Pan/Pandora and Titan - the Lower Lunde find
will help maintain production from the major fields in the area during coming years," says Nicholas Ashton, who is head of
infrastructure-led exploration in the Tampen area.
The Snorre Unit licensees will consider tying in production from the find to Snorre. Snorre Unit, formed in 1988 around the
Snorre field, covers parts of production licences PL057 and PL089.
(Press release) 24.2.10
Minor oil discovery in the North Sea
Statoil has proven the existence of oil in a well in the Tampen area in the north-eastern area of the Snorre field in the North Sea.
