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The contracts include awards from Saudi Aramco, Chevron and Petronas.
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The contracts include awards from Saudi Aramco, Chevron and Petronas.

Equinor has added development drilling of one additional well at the Martin Linge field offshore Norway to the work scope of the Maersk Intrepid.

The well will be drilled about 10 km southwest of the 7220/8-1 discovery well on the Johan Castberg field.

Following the completion of drilling of its Perseverance #1 well in The Bahamas the company has announced that commercial volumes of oil have not been proven.

The drillship Maersk Viking has been contracted to drill one exploration well in Block 6-1 offshore the Republic of Korea later this year.

The Maersk Integrator will return to Aker BP’s Ivar Aasen field for a two-well campaign expected to commence in 3Q21.

The drilling programme for well 31/11-1 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 785 S.

The Gorilla VI (JU-248) jack-up rig, operated by Valaris, will drill four wells for the development over the course of the drilling campaign which is expected to last 18 months.

The Bask well was drilled 35 km northwest of the Alta discovery and due south of the Johan Castberg field by the West Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig.

The contract is set to commence in 3Q21 with a duration of one firm well plus eight optional wells.

The contract was first announced in Maersk Drilling’s May 2020 Fleet Status Report.

IDS will deploy its data driven TourNet Pro drilling contractor reporting service and drilling performance monitoring service, Anova DPM, across Stena Drilling’s fleet in 1Q21.