Statoil books Odfjell semi for six provisional wells

April 17, 2018
Statoil has awarded Odfjell Drilling a conditional letter of intent for the semisubmersible Deepsea Atlantic to drill six wells over an 18-month period, starting early next year.

Offshore staff

BERGEN, Norway – Statoil has awarded Odfjell Drilling a conditional letter of intent for the semisubmersible Deepsea Atlantic to drill six wells over an 18-month period, starting early next year.

The contract, valued at $160 million (including supply of casing running services by Odfjell Well Services) includes an option to on to continue operations for Statoil after the firm period.

Simen Lieungh, CEO of Odfjell Drilling, said: “We have enjoyed great operational success in our partnership with Statoil onJohan Sverdrup and we are setting our sights even higher to improve on previous performance going forward by implementing new digital solutions to increase efficiency in operations.”

04/17/2018