Lundin Petroleum reported that the Johan Sverdrup appraisal well 16/2-11 located in PL501 has encountered a 177 feet (54 meter) gross oil column in Upper and Middle Jurassic sandstone reservoir in an oil-down-to situation.

The reservoir was encountered at depth prognosis. The well is located 1.37 miles (2.2 kilometers) south-east of well 16/2-8 in PL265 and 2.1 miles (3.3 kilometers) south-west of well 16/2-6, in PL501. A comprehensive logging and coring program has been successfully completed as well as a production test (DST) in the previously untested Middle Jurassic reservoir. The data from this first well in the 2012 PL501 appraisal program confirmed good reservoir properties. This is in line with the earlier Johan Sverdrup wells where the Upper Jurassic reservoir was of excellent quality with a high net to gross ratio.

A full scale production test (DST) in the Middle Jurassic reservoir to investigate its flow properties resulted in flow rates, in excess of 2,700 barrels of oil per day (bopd) through a restricted 40/64 choke, with good reservoir properties indicating a lateral continuous reservoir.

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