Lundin Petroleum signs new contract in Malaysia
Posted: 19 May 2010
Lundin Petroleum AB subsidiary, Lundin Malaysia BV, has signed a new PSC with PETRONAS covering blocks SB307 and SB308, offshore Sabah.
Blocks SB307 and SB308 cover an area of about 6,230 km2. The blocks contain one oil discovery that will be the subject of further evaluation to determine if it can be commercially developed. In addition, several prospects and leads have been identified in the blocks from previous 2D and 3D seismic campaigns.
Further seismic data acquisition, reprocessing and the drilling of at least one exploration well will be completed on these two blocks.
Ashley Heppenstall, President and CEO of Lundin Petroleum comments; "The success of our predecessor company Lundin Oil was built upon exploration success in Malaysia. We are pleased to be expanding our acreage position in Malaysia where we will commence exploration drilling activities in 2011."
Lundin Petroleum holds a 42.5 percent interest and is the operator in SB307 and SB308. Nio Petroleum and PETRONAS Carigali hold a 42.5 per cent and 15.0 per cent interest respectively.
These two blocks sit adjacent to Block SB303 where Lundin Petroleum is operator with a 75 percent interest alongside PETRONAS Carigali who has a 25.0 percent interest.
Posted by Richard Price, Editor, EnergyME.com
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