Total has spudded exploration well 25/6-55, named Shango by partner Faroe Petroleum, in license 627 (Skirne East) in the Norwegian North Sea.
Shango is on the northern part of the Utsira High about 5km from the producing Skirne field, also operated by Total. According to Faroe, which holds 20% in the prospect, Shango is a structural prospect where the primary target is the Middle Jurassic Hugin formation reservoir, which has proved to be of excellent quality in the neighboring Skirne field.
Shango is on the spill-route from the Skirne field, which is producing above expectations and has been interpreted to be filled to spill. A fast-track subsea development to the Skirne field is planned if the prospect is found to contain a similar gas and condensate hydrocarbon type as found in Skirne, Faroe says.
Skirne has been developed as a tie-back to the Statoil-operated Heimdal platform, about 24km to the west. Shango is in about 120m water depth. Well 25/6-55 will be drilled using the Leif Eriksson semisubmersible drilling rig with partners Centrica Resources Norge (20%), Det norske oljeselskap (20%) and Faroe.
