Major tick for E&P operations in the #West of Shetlands

PRIVATELY-owned UK company Hurricane Exploration has found condensate and light oil in a re-entry of its 100%-owned basement Whirlwind explor-ation well in the UK West of Shetland area. Reported Upstream Online

Chief executive Robert Trice said: “The discovery of light oil-condensate at Whirlwind is extremely good news as it is located in close proximity to our Lancaster basement discovery and further reinforces Hurricane’s presence in the West of Shetland.”

However, he added the true significance of Whirlwind will have to wait until further evaluation of the data is completed followed by appraisal drilling.

Hurricane said it completed testing operations on the 205/21a-5 well and that it would be suspended for future use.

A statement said: “The revised testing resulted in the recovery to surface of light volatile oil-gas condensate.

“Drilling fluid losses and the recovery of hydrocarbons to surface indicate that the reservoir penetrated by the well is permeable and downhole pressure testing confirms the overpressured nature of the fractured reservoir.” Full article available here

Major operators such as BP and DONG E&P are proving the WoS is a fruitful region for exploration and production success. DONG E&P, OMV UK and Valiant Petroleum will be joining the Oil and Gas Outlook North Sea conference in Aberdeen in March (27-29) to offer key insights into the potential for operational success in the West of Shetlands.

They will be speaking alongside operators such as Total, RWE dea, Premier Oil, BG Group, BP, Centrica, Nautical Petroleum and many more.

For a full list of speakers and topics download the brochure here