Name: UK West Shetland exploration basin
Brand: Wood Mackenzie
SKU: 5427
Price: 2800 USD
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Author: Wood Mackenzie

Asset Report 29 April 2026

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Report summary

The West Shetland Basin is characterised by challenging climatic conditions and limited existing infrastructure. Companies have brought a small number of oil fields onstream and TotalEnergies started production from the first gas fields, Laggan and Tormore, in 2016. TotalEnergies discovered the large Glendronach field in September 2018. However, much of the basin remains under-explored and is considered frontier. There is potential to make sizeable discoveries (in terms of the UK) in the future.

Summary of commercial outlook
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- Challenges:
Pre-rift (Pre-Devonian)
Rift I (Late Devonian - Early Carboniferous)
Rift II (Permian - Triassic)
Rift III (Late Jurassic - Cretaceous)
Rift III (Early Paleogene)
Post-rift (Late Paleogene - Neogene)
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NW-SE seismic cross section of the West of Shetland Basin and broader Faroe-Shetland regionWest Shetland Basin tectonic history, lithostratigraphy and petroleum system evolutionWest Shetland primary reservoirs