 In 2014, Lundin Petroleum made an oil and gas discovery on the Alta prospect in PL609 on the Loppa High in the southern Barents Sea.The discovery is located 20 km northeast of the Gohta discovery well and some 160 km from the Norwegian coast and is estimated to contain resources of of oil equivalent.In February 2015, it has started drilling exploration well 16/1-24, located in the Gemini prospect of the North Sea.