By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Apr. 14 -- Marathon Oil Corp., Houston, struck oil and natural gas with well Hamsun 24/9-7 in production license (PL) 150 in 124 m of water on the Norwegian continental shelf.
The vertical well was drilled to 2,250 m below sea level, and encountered 37 m of net gas pay and 12 m of net oil pay, mainly in two reservoirs. The company is evaluating a reservoir management strategy for the Hamsun accumulation, including a possible tie-back to the Alvheim development.
Marathon Petroleum Norge AS operates PL150 and holds a 65% working interest. Swedish Lundin Petroleum AB is in the process of acquiring the other 35% from Norway's Det Norske Oljeselskap AS, pending governmental approval.
