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Brunei Shell Petroleum Company has exercised an option for Maersk Viking to drill a deepwater exploration well.
The contract extension is worth about £5.4 million to Maersk Drilling and has an estimated duration of 35 days, with work expected to commence in May 2021 in direct continuation of the rig’s previously agreed work scope.
Maersk Viking is an ultra-deepwater drillship which was delivered in 2013.
It is currently preparing for the drilling campaign for BSP, which is expected to commence in March 2021, after having been warm-stacked in Johor, Malaysia.