Lundin in gas discovery offshore Malaysia
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Lundin Malaysia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum, has made a small gas discovery with the Mengkuang-1 exploration well in license PM307, offshore Malaysia.
The well targeted hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands, 75 km to the northwest of Bertam field, which is operated by Lundin Malaysia.
Mengkuang-1 was drilled with the West Prospero jackup rig to a total depth of 1,259 m below mean sea level. The well encountered 9 m of gas pay in the I-35 group Miocene channel sands. The well was plugged and abandoned.
Lundin Malaysia holds a 75% working interest in PM307. Its partner is PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd with a 25% working interest.
Lundin Malaysia operates six blocks in Malaysia, namely PM307, PM319, PM308A, PM308B, PM328 and SB307/308.
