Ocean Rig, Petrobras ink deal on two UDW drillships
Oct. 21, 2014
Ocean Rig UDW Inc has signed a $1.1 billion three-year contract with Petrobras to extend a lease on two ultra-deepwater drillships.
Offshore staff
RIO DE JANEIRO –Ocean Rig UDW Inc has signed a $1.1 billion three-year contract with Petrobras to extend a lease on two ultra-deepwater drillships.
Petrobras will have the ships, the Ocean Rig Corcovado and Ocean Rig Mykonos, for 1,095 days, Reuters reported.
TheCorcovado and Mykonos are sixth-generation drill ships capable of drilling wells in waters up to 10,000 ft (3,048 m) deep. They were built by Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard in Korea and launched in 2011.
