News / More gas out west
FRENCH oil company Total has found more gas west of Shetland, next to the Laggan and Tormore fields which are currently being developed.
The company announced on Thursday that gas and condensate had been found in the Edradour prospect, 75 miles west of Shetland, in waters 300 metres deep.
Total said that once the appraisal phase of the new discovery is completed, studies will be launched to consider exporting these new resources through the Laggan and Tormore pipeline to Sullom Voe.
The company is currently investing £2.5 billion into unlocking gas from Laggan and Tormore, including a £500 million gas processing plant, next to BP’s Sullom Voe oil terminal.
Total’s senior vice president for Northern Europe, Patrice de Viviès, said: “While definitive testing is still to be completed, Edradour already is another meaningful discovery for us in the west of Shetland region.
“It should reinforce our third production hub on the United Kingdom continental shelf around the Laggan and Tormore fields, after the success of our existing Alwyn and Elgin Franklin hubs.”
Total has a 75 per cent operating interest in the Edradour licence, with DONG E&P UK Limited (DONG) holding the remaining 25 per cent.
Total (80 per cent) and DONG (20 per cent) are also partners in the Laggan and Tormore development, which was sanctioned in March 2010 and is scheduled to produce first gas in 2014.
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