Maersk Drilling Extends Contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum by 2.5 years
Wednesday 27 June 2018
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract extension for the jack-up rig Maersk Convincer by Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP).
Maersk Drilling has been working with BSP continuously since 2007 with the Maersk Completer and the Maersk Convincer respectively. The current contract for the Maersk Convincer has now been extended for another firm 912 days with up to three years of options. The contract extension will commence in November 2018, in direct continuation of the current contract.
The contract extension with BSP follows a number of new contracts and contract extensions for Maersk Drilling over the past six months. To date, Maersk Drilling has added 1,200 days and USD 116m to the backlog. The company’s contract coverage remains one of the strongest in the industry.