Faroe Petroleum starts the spudding of the Rodriguez exploration well (6407/1-6S) (Faroe 30%).

The Rodriguez prospect is located in the APA 2007 license PL475 on the Halten Terrace in the Norwegian Sea four kilometres north-east of the Tyrihans field and eight kilometres south-east of the Maria discovery (made by Faroe in 2010). The main objective for this well is to test for oil in the middle Jurassic sandstones of the Garn, Ile and Tilje formations. The water depth is 291 metres and the well is planned to be drilled to approximately 4,040 metres with a total depth within the Tilje Formation.

The drilling operations are scheduled to last approximately 75 days, undertaken by operator Wintershall Norge AS (50%) utilising the Transocean Arctic rig. Centrica Resources (Norge) AS is the third partner (20%) in the joint venture.

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