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    1. Drilling & Completion

    BP keeps Maersk rig for offshore Trinidad and Tobago wells

    Dec. 17, 2019
    BP has awarded Maersk Drilling a three-well contract for the semi-sub Maersk Discoverer offshore Trinidad and Tobago.
    Courtesy Maersk Drilling
    The semisub Maersk Discoverer will start work offshore Trinidad and Tobago next July.
    The semisub Maersk Discoverer will start work offshore Trinidad and Tobago next July.

    Offshore staff

    LYNGBY, Denmark – BP has awarded Maersk Drilling a three-well contract for the semi-sub Maersk Discoverer offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

    The 322-day contract, for the Matapal development, is due to start next July, with a firm value of around $78 million. Previously the rig worked for BP for six years offshore Egypt.

    The program included the shallowest water well ever drilled in DP mode for BP, said Morten Kelstrup, COO of Maersk Drilling, bringing significant cost savings.

    Maersk Discoverer is a DSS-21 column-stabilized semi capable of operating in water depths up to 10,000 ft (3,048 m).

    12/17/2019