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Article: United Kingdom: OMV has first exploration success as operator on the UK Atlantic Margin.
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- November 3, 2009
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Byline: manish03
OMV, the strongest energy group in the European growth belt, announced today that its 100% subsidiary OMV (U.K.) Limited has discovered gas and oil in the Tornado well in the UK West of Shetlands sector. The discovery well 204/13-1 and sidetrack -1z were drilled in a water depth of 1,048 meters using the Stena Carron drillship and are OMV (U.K.) s first operated exploration wells in deepwater West of Shetlands. Further appraisal drilling is required before making a development decision.
The initial well, was spudded on 26 September 2009 and, following discovery of hydrocarbons, the sidetrack well was started on 17 October and reached a ...