Lundin Malaysia, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum, has started drilling the Selada-1 exploration well in block PM308A, offshore Malaysia.
Located 14km to the south of the Bertam field operated by Lundin Malaysia, the well will target hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands.
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Lundin Malaysia will use the West Prospero jack-up rig to drill the Selada-1 exploration well to a total depth of about 1,700m below mean sea level.
According to the company, the drilling will take around 30 days.
Lundin Malaysia operates the PM308A block, holding a 75% working interest, with Petronas Carigali holding a 25% interest.
The company operates seven blocks, namely PM307, PM319, PM308A, PM308B, PM328, SB303, and SB307/308 in Malaysia.
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By GlobalDataIn October, Lundin Malaysia discovered gas in the Mengkuang-1 exploration well, in licence PM307, offshore Malaysia.
The well, which was drilled with the West Prospero jack-up rig to a total depth of 1,259m, targeted hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands, 75km to the northwest of the Lundin Malaysia-operated Bertam field.
The company holds a 75% working interest in PM307, with Petronas holding 25%.
Lundin Petroleum has 515 million barrels of oil equivalent in respect of the Johan Sverdrup field as on 11 August.
