* Find light oil, sweeter gas than expected
* Plan drilling more wells to determine capacity
TIRANA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell andPetromanas Energy Inc plan to drill more wells at anAlbanian site to determine its production capacity after testflows from the first well found good quality oil and gas, aPetromanas official said.
If successful, the find could be the first major discoveryin the impoverished Adriatic country since it toppled communismin 1990 and opened up exploration to oil majors.
Petromanas, a small Canadian company, partnered with Shellto drill the first well at Shpirag in southern Albania just halfa mile from the spot where Occidental found very littleoil in 2001. It has a 25 percent stake, while Shell controls therest.
"The positive news is clearly that there is a reservoirthere, and it is productive. It is a good quality light oil,"Peter Sider, Petromanas' vice president for engineeringoperations and business development, told Reuters on Thursday.
Albanian crude is usually heavy and highly sulphurous.
"The other positive is that the associated gas is sweeterthan we expected," Sider added.
"During the extended test, the Shpirag-2 well flowed atrates of 800 to 1,300 barrels per day (bpd) of 35 to 37 degreeAPI oil and 2 to 5 mmcfd of gas," Petromanas and Shell said.
Petromanas, the operator, drilled Shpirag-2 to a total depthof 5,553 metres.
"The results of the Shpirag-2 well are encouraging andsupport the potential of this oil play in Albania," said EdwinVerdonk, Shell vice president for Europe exploration.
Sider said the operators will be pulling pressure recordersfrom the hole in 30 days to get an idea of the reservoir's size.
"It keeps us enthused to go on with the appraisal programme,but it will take a year or two determine whether we have acommercial project or not," Sider added.