Lundin Energy announces total resource additions of 200 percent of 2021 production - Seite 2

The Johan Sverdrup field continues to exceed expectations, with high uptime, increased processing capacity, excellent reservoir performance and well productivities. The Company’s 2P reserves at year end 2021 includes for the first time a contribution from eight infill wells (previously contingent resources), extending the plateau production period. The Company recognises that there is upside reserve potential in several parts of the field which will be realised through further infill drilling, optimized reservoir management and increased facilities capacity. The technical work to define this upside will be completed by mid 2022.

In October 2021, Lundin Energy announced the acquisition of a further 25 percent working interest in the Wisting oil discovery located in the Southern Barents Sea, taking the total working interest to 35 percent. Equinor, the operator of Wisting, is targeting a PDO by end 2022, to benefit from the temporary tax incentives established by the Norwegian Government in June 2020. The transaction adds 2C resources of 131 MMboe.

Based on 2021 exploration results on Iving and further evaluation of the stranded assets in the Barents Sea, Lundin Energy has concluded that these should be excluded from the 2C contingent resources as of year end 2021.

The reserves estimates have been audited by ERCE, a third-party independent reserves auditor, and have been calculated using the 2018 Petroleum Resource Management System (SPE PRMS) Guidelines of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), World Petroleum Congress (WPC), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE). The contingent resource estimates associated with the Edvard Grieg, Alvheim area, Johan Sverdrup, Solveig and Rolvsnes assets have been audited by ERCE. For the other assets, the contingent resource volumes are based on management estimates.

Daniel Fitzgerald, COO of Lundin Energy, commented:
“2021 has been another year of great performance with resource additions of over 140 MMboe representing a resource replacement ratio of over 200%. The Edvard Grieg area has continued to increase its reserves base and is now more than double the size compared to the original PDO estimates, and I am convinced that we will continue to grow in this area. We have many exciting opportunities and projects being worked through the course of 2022 and are planning to sanction three projects in the Edvard Grieg area in late 2022, as well as planning for the next phase of infill drilling on Edvard Grieg.