FAROE Petroleum said yesterday that drilling had started on the Tornado oil prospect west of Shetland.
The Aberdeen company said the find was adjacent to the undeveloped BP-operated Suilven field and within tie-back distance of the producing Schiehallion field.
Faroe has a 7.5% working interest in Tornado.
The drilling operation is being undertaken by operator OMV (UK) using the Stena Carron drillship.
Graham Stewart, chief executive of Faroe Petroleum, said: “Tornado is the second well to be drilled in the firm five-well Atlantic Margin exploration drilling programme which Faroe is undertaking, and follows on from our very recent Glenlivet discovery which is currently being appraised with a sidetrack well.
“Following Tornado, we are scheduled to drill three further high-impact exploration wells in the Atlantic margin: namely the Anne Marie oil prospect in the Faroe Islands (operated by Eni), the Cardhu oil prospect in the UK (operated by BP) and the Lagavulin oil prospect in the UK (operated by Chevron).”
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