The two sidetrack wells were both drilled 1.5 kilometers from the discovery well. All three wells were drilled to a depth of about 2,200 meters.
Communication probably exists between the oil zones in the three wells, and extensive data acquisition and sampling have been carried out.
The size of the discovery is between 20 and 30 million barrels of gross recoverable oil equivalent reserves (boe).
Ashley Heppenstall, president and chief executive officer of Lundin Petroleum commented: “We are very pleased to make another discovery in the Alvheim area. The most likely development of the Marihøne discovery is a tieback to the Alvheim FPSO.”
Lundin Petroleum has 15% working interest in PL340 with partners, Marathon Petroleum Norge AS (operator) and ConocoPhillips Scandinavia AS.
