09:54 AM EST - Lundin Petroleum AB : announced that it has commenced the drilling of the Batu Hitam prospect located in Block PM308A, offshore the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The Batu Hitam-1 well will test the hydrocarbon potential of a large basement high structure located in the east of the PM308A block. The objectives of the well are Oligocene sandstones in a four-way dip closure and fractured pre-Tertiary basement in the underlying horst block. Lundin Petroleum AB
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