Lundin spuds Ogna wildcat

Lundin spud: the jack-up Maersk Guardian is expected to take about 50 days to reach a total depth of 2444 metres

MAERSK DRILLING

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Josh Lewis

 14 January 2013 08:45 GMT

Swedish independent Lundin Petroleum has started drilling on the Ogna prospect in PL453S in the southern North Sea, off Norway.

The 8/5-1 exploration well is being drilled to prove the presence of hydrocarbons in Upper to Middle Jurassic reservoirs of the Ogna prospect, which Lundin estimates to hold unrisked, gross, prospective resources of 156 million barrels of oil equivalent.

The well is being drilled using the jack-up Maersk Guardian and is expected to take about 50 days to drill to a total depth of 2444 metres.

As Upstream has previously reported, that timeframe could be extended out to 108 days in the event of a discovery and possible production test at…

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