19 licences awarded in the Norwegian licensing round
*Lundin Energy AB announces **that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Energy Norway AS (together Lundin Energy), has been awarded a total of 19 exploration licence interests in the 2020 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) licensing round, in Norway. *The award includes 15 licences in the North Sea, two licences in the Norwegian Sea and two licences in the Southern Barents Sea, seven of the newly awarded licences will be operated by Lundin Energy Norway.
The awards from this licensing round continue to build on the Company’s seven core exploration areas and increases by 23 percent the number of licences held by the Company. Supporting the Company’s strategy to execute an exploration programme which targets a combination of high value, near field opportunities and high potential, frontier exploration.
The licence interests are detailed below:
Licence Blocks Working Interest
(Percent) Area
1089* 1/5,6 50 North Sea
1087 2/2, 5 50 North Sea
1084* 3/7 60 North Sea
1090 7/1 30 North Sea
1091* 15/5,6,8 40 North Sea
1092* 15/6,9 50 North Sea
1097 15/3, 24/11, 12 30 North Sea
1095* 16/2, 25/11 50 North Sea
1094* 17/2,3,5,6,8, 18/7 60 North Sea
1045B^1 25/4 15 North Sea
820SB^1 25/8 40 North Sea
1099 25/3, 26/1, 30/12, 31/10 30 North Sea
1104 30/3 40 North Sea
1102* 30/3, 31/1,4,5 60 North Sea
1106 34/2,3,5,6 20 North Sea
1126 6609/5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, 6610/2,4,5,6, 6611/4,5 30 Norwegian Sea
1129 6703/7,8,9,10,11,12, 6704/7,8,10,11 30 Norwegian Sea
229G^1 7122/8,9 50 Southern Barents Sea
1131 7122/8,9,10,11,12, 7123/7,8,9 20 Southern Barents Sea
^*Operator Lundin Energy Norway
^1 Geographical extension of the licence area.
Lundin Energy has grown from an oil and gas exploration company into an experienced Nordic energy developer and operator. We continue to explore new ideas, new concepts and new solutions to maintain our position as an industry leader in production efficiency, sustainability and decarbonisation. (Nasdaq Stockholm: LUNE). For more information, please visit us at www.lundin-energy.com or download our App www.myirapp.com/lundin
For further information, please contact:
Edward Westropp
VP Investor Relations
Tel: +41 22 595 10 14
edward.westropp@lundin-energy.com
Robert Eriksson
Head of Media Communications
Tel: +46 701 11 26 15
robert.eriksson@lundin-energy.com
*Forward-looking statements *
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