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    1. Drilling & Completion

    Island Drilling wins drilling contract from Trident Energy

    Sept. 6, 2022
    Island Drilling Co. has signed a contract with Trident Energy to provide the Island Innovator drilling unit and associated services for the offshore Equatorial Guinea drilling campaign.
    Courtesy Island Drilling Co.
    Island Drilling

    Offshore staff

    SANDSLI, Bergen — Island Drilling Co. has signed a contract with Trident Energy to provide the Island Innovator drilling unit and associated services for the offshore Equatorial Guinea drilling campaign. The work is planned to start in September/October of 2023.

    The work is for two firm and five optional wells and is estimated to be 250 days if all the options are exercised.

    This will be the third project for Island Drilling in Africa since the rig was warm-stacked at the beginning of 2020.

    09.06.2022

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