Rig: West Courageous

LUNDIN PETROLEUM COMMENCES TEMBAKAU EXPLORATION WELL, OFFSHORE PENINSULA MALAYSIA

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce that it has commenced the fourth well in its 2012 Malaysian drilling campaign with the spud of Tembakau-1 exploration well in PM307 Block, offshore east coast Peninsula Malaysia. The well will target hydrocarbons in Oligocene and Miocene aged sands in a low-relief structure 50 km to the northwest of the Bertam-2 oil discovery made by Lundin Petroleum in 2011. Tembakau-1 is a vertical well to be drilled by the jackup rig West Courageous to a depth of 1,650 metres in approximately 80 metres water depth. The drilling of the well is expected to take two to three weeks. Lundin Petroleum holds 75 percent interest in PM307 through its subsidiary Lundin Malaysia BV. Lundin Malaysia BV's partner is PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd with 25 percent interest. Lundin Malaysia BV operates six blocks in Malaysia, namely PM307, PM308A, PM308B, SB303, SB307 & SB308.

LUNDIN PETROLEUM COMPLETES OFFSHORE PENINSULA MALAYSIA EXPLORATION WELL

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) has completed the Merawan Batu-1 exploration well in Block PM308B, offshore east coast Peninsula Malaysia. The exploration well targeted hydrocarbons in Oligocene aged sands in a faulted anticline in an undrilled area 50 km to the west of the Janglau oil discovery made by Lundin Petroleum in 2011. The objective reservoirs were successfully penetrated but proved to be water-bearing. The well will be plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. The jackup rig West Courageous will now move to drill the Tembakau prospect in Block PM307. Lundin Petroleum holds 75 percent interest in PM308B through its subsidiary Lundin Malaysia BV. Lundin Malaysia BV's partner is PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd with 25 percent interest. Lundin Malaysia BV operates six blocks in Malaysia, namely PM307, PM308A, PM308B, SB303, SB307 & SB308.

Lundin Petroleum commences drilling on the Janglau prospect

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce that it has commenced the drilling of the Janglau prospect located in Block PM308A, offshore the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The Janglau-1 exploration well will test the hydrocarbon potential of Eocene to Oligocene alluvial sands overlying a Pre-Tertiary high that also forms a second objective of the well.The Janglau prospect is located to the north-east of the PM308A block, 7 km to the east of the Rhu oil discovery made in 1991. The planned total depth is 3,950 meters subsea and the well will be drilled using the jack-up drilling rig Offshore Courageous. The well is expected to take approximately 45 days. Lundin Petroleum operates and holds 35 percent interest in PM308A through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Malaysia BV. Partners in PM308A are JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Peninsular Malaysia) Limited with 40 percent interest and PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd. with 25 percent. Lundin Malaysia BV operates 6 Blocks in Malaysia, namely PM308A, PM308B, PM307, SB303, SB307 and SB308.

LUNDIN PETROLEUM DISCOVERS GAS IN ITS FIRST MALAYSIAN EXPLORATION WELL

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce that it has discovered gas in the Tarap-1 well that was drilled in Block SB303, offshore Sabah, East Malaysia. Tarap-1 was drilled with the Offshore Courageous rig in a water depth of approximately 70 meters. The well was directionally drilled to a measured depth of 2,675 metres. The Tarap discovery is a stratigrahic trap and the well encountered gas in each of the 5 independently sealed stacked Miocene sands targeted. Gross total vertical pay thickness for the sands encountered is approximately 150 metres. An extensive data acquisition program was completed including pressure measurements, sampling and a mini flow test in selected zones. The data recovered from the well will be analysed further in order to determine a range of resource estimates. Ashley Heppenstall, President and CEO of Lundin Petroleum comments:" This is an encouraging start to the drilling campaign in Malaysia and provides strong support for our strategy in South East Asia of pursuing organic growth and value creation in focused core areas. With a large number of prospects and leads already identified within SB303, I'm confident that we can continue grow our resource base in this area in the coming years. Sabah currently has two gas demand centres located in Kota Kinabalu and Labuan Island that are supplied from existing offshore infrastructure. The addition of a third demand centre with the construction of the Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal at Kimanis and the Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline gives us a broad range of options to explore for gas monetisation in the area." The rig will now move to drill the Cempulut prospect, also in SB303, the second well in Lundin Petroleum's five well drilling campaign in Malaysia in 2011. Lundin Petroleum holds a 75 percent interest in SB303 through its subsidiary Lundin Malaysia BV. Lundin Malaysia BV's partner is PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd with a 25 percent interest.

Keppel AmFELS is on track to deliver first Scorpion jackup rig

Keppel AmFELS Inc., the US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), is on course to a timely delivery of Scorpion Offshore Ltd.’s first jackup drilling rig at the end of May 2007. The ultra premium drilling rig, Offshore Courageous, is the first of five jackups that Keppel AmFELS is constructing for Scorpion Offshore. The other four rigs are Offshore Defender, Offshore Resolute, Offshore Vigilant and Offshore Intrepid. Said Mr Jon Cole, CEO of Scorpion Offshore, “The on-time delivery of Offshore Courageous is crucial to Scorpion Offshore’s goal of providing superior solutions to our customers in the ultra-premium jackup market.”

Keppel AmFELS is on course to a timely delivery of its first Scorpion jackup rig

Keppel AmFELS Inc., the US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M) is expected to deliver the first of its five jackup rigs on time and within budget for Scorpion Offshore Ltd. Keppel AmFELS successfully launched the premium rig Offshore Courageous on November 4, 2006, which marked the completion of the hull works, a major milestone in its construction of the jackup. Mr Jon Cole, CEO of Scorpion Offshore, said, “The launch of Offshore Courageous is highly significant in the development of Scorpion Offshore. Thanks to the efforts of the entire Scorpion team, particularly our Brownsville construction office, as well as our shipyard, Keppel AmFELS, and our major suppliers, LeTourneau, National Oilwell Varco, Cameron and Lewco. The Offshore Courageous will now undergo final outfitting, installation of the drilling equipment and remaining leg sections and commissioning prior to the rig’s delivery in May 2007.