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    1. Drilling & Completion

    Petronas books Maersk rig to drill offshore Suriname

    June 30, 2020
    Petronas has contracted Maersk Drilling’s semisubmersible Mærsk Developer for a one-well exploration campaign in block 52 offshore Suriname.
    (Courtesy Maersk Drilling)
    The semisubmersible drilling rig Mærsk Developer)
    The semisubmersible drilling rig Mærsk Developer)

    Offshore staff

    LYNGBY, Denmark – Petronas has contracted Maersk Drilling’s semisubmersible Mærsk Developer for a one-well exploration campaign in block 52 offshore Suriname.

    The contract is set to start in 3Q/4Q 2020, with an estimated duration of 75 days, and is valued at around $20.4 million, including integrated drilling services, mobilization and demobilization.

    It also carries an additional one-well option.

    The Mærsk Developer is a DSS-21 column-stabilized, dynamically positioned semi, designed to operate in water depths of up to 10,000 ft (3,048 m). It is presently warm-stacked in Aruba after finishing its latest contract offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

    06/30/2020