Shelf Drilling, a leading contractor specializing in shallow-water offshore drilling, has announced the acquisition of new contract awards for two of its jack-up rigs in West Africa. One of these contracts involves the Shelf Drilling Mentor rig, which has been awarded a 10-well contract estimated to last 450 days. The company noted that these new […]
Shelf Drilling has won a three-year contract from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for the C.E. Thornton jack-up rig for operations in the Mumbai High, offshore India. According to the shallow water offshore drilling contractor, the planned start-up of operations under the contract is Q2 2023. Earlier this month, Shelf Drilling wrapped up the […]
Shelf Drilling said that it has closed the previously announced $30 million acquisition of the Deep Driller 7 jack-up drilling rig from Aban Offshore Limited, an Indian offshore drilling services provider. The deal was announced in June 2022. Shelf Drilling said that its fully-owned subsidiary has wrapped up the sale and acceptance of the high-spec […]
Shelf Drilling said that a subsidiary of the company has agreed to acquire the Deep Driller 7 jack-up drilling rig from a subsidiary of Indian offshore drilling services provider Aban Offshore for $30 million (INR 234 crores). Constructed in 2018, the Deep Driller 7 rig is of Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 design. Presently, the […]
Shelf Drilling said that it has bagged a contract extension for the Shelf Drilling Achiever jack-up rig in the Arabian Gulf from an undisclosed client. The extension is for a period of three years. It is in direct continuation of the present contract of the offshore drilling rig in the region. The financial terms of […]
Shelf Drilling has bagged a three-year contract extension for providing its High Island V jack-up rig in direct continuation of its existing contract in the Arabian Gulf. The details of the customer and the contract value were not disclosed by Shelf Drilling. The shallow water offshore drilling contractor said that following the contract extension, the […]
Shelf Drilling said that it has bagged a new contract award from an undisclosed client for drilling operations in Nigerian waters with the Shelf Drilling Mentor jack-up rig. The estimated duration of the contract is 225 days with an option for drilling additional wells. According to Shelf Drilling, the contract is likely to begin in […]
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has awarded a three-year contract to Shelf Drilling for deploying its Ron Tappmeyer jack-up rig to execute offshore operations in India. Presently, the Ron Tappmeyer rig is under contract with ONGC with a completion date fixed in the second quarter of 2022. According to Shelf Drilling, the start-up of […]