The company drilled the sidetrack well 16/2-13A for a total depth of 1,250m step-out towards north-north west from the appraisal well 16/2-13S which is located 2.4km from the discovery well 16/2-6 on the Johan Sverdrup field.
The sidetrack well encountered high reservoir quality and thickness and validated the field geological model and confirmed deeper oil water contact at the location.
The company intersected 22m of gross reservoir column out of which 12m was above oil and water contact, and the top of the reservoir was 4m shallower than the prognosis.
The oil and water contact was found to be 3m deeper than it was generally observed in the earlier PL501 wells.
Lundin Petroleum president and CEO Ashley Heppenstall said the reservoir quality of the sidetrack well is excellent similar to results of the previous wells spud in the field.
"However, we are particularly pleased that the side-track was not only shallow to prognosis but also encountered a lower oil water contact," Heppenstall said.
"We will now drill our next appraisal well to the north west to test the extent of the field in this area."
The company has performed coring and logging program in the appraisal well and will eventually plug and abandon both the sidetrack and appraisal wells.
Lundin will drill one of the two remaining 2012 appraisal wells, 16/2-16 well, at 3.7km to the northwest of the 16/2-13 well.
The company is the operator of the PL501 in which the field is located and has 40% interest in it, where as Statoil Petroleum and Maersk Oil Norway own 40% and 20% respectively.
