Two Diamond Offshore floaters find more work in Gulf of Mexico and North Sea

Offshore drilling professional Diamond Offshore Drilling has actually broadened the agreement stockpile of its floater fleet by protecting a brand-new task in the UK sector of the North Sea for among its semi-submersible rigs and an extension of the present project for a drillship in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Thanks to a two-year agreement extension with a subsidiary of BPwhich is slated to begin in September 2024, Diamond Offshore’s Ocean BlackLion drillship will keep operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in direct extension of the rig’s existing agreement. This extension brings the rig owner around $350 countless extra stockpile.

The 2015-built Ocean BlackLion is an ultra-deepwater drillship from Hyundai Heavy Industries, which includes dynamic-positioning, dual-activity ability, optimum hook-load capability of 1,250 heaps, water depth abilities as much as 12,000 feet, and drilling depth abilities as much as 40,000 feet.

The overseas drilling gamer likewise got its hands on a brand-new offer with Serica Energy (UK) Limited to use the Ocean Patriot semi-submersible rig for 2 plug and desertion (P&A) wells in the UK North Sea. The program, which is expected to start in March 2024, will continue for roughly 60 days, including over $10 million to Diamond Offshore’s stockpile, leaving out mobilization.

The 1983-built Ocean Patriot rig, which is of Bingo 3000 style, can run in a water depth of as much as 3,000 feet and its optimum drilling depth is 20,000 ft. The rig concluded its project with Apache in the UK in early July 2023 and began its very first project with Repsol in the North Sea later on that exact same year.

Bernie Wolford, Jr., Diamond Offshore’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented: “These awards show the continuing strength of the drillship market and the enhancing moored floater market in the UK North Sea while highlighting the remarkable work of our teams throughout these areas.”

Just recently, another rig from the company’s semi-submersible fleet begun its drilling program with Petrobras offshore Brazil. Diamond Offshore likewisewon a brand-new agreementfor among its drillships offshore Guinea-Bissau.