Santos Ltd spudded the Favela 1 gas exploration well in PPL 117, located in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin, on 6 May 2020. The well was drilled by the Ensign "974" land rig. The well was suspended as a gas well on 20 March 2020 after reaching a total depth of 3,064 m.  Favela 1 lies 9 km to the northwest of Della 1, which discovered the Della field in 1970 and has since produced from the Permian Patchawarra and Toolachee formations and the Jurassic Hutton Sandstone. The Favela 1 discovery is the sole discovery within PPL 117, a significant portion of which is covered by the Greater Strzelecki 3D seismic Survey.   PPL 117, which covers an area of 205 sq km, was awarded on 1 November 1997. Participants in the permit are Santos Ltd (66.6% plus operatorship) and Beach Energy Ltd (33.4%).
Favela 1 (Santos 66.6%, op, Beach Energy 33,4%) in  PPL 117 block, gas disc. having encountered gas in the target Fms.