Offshore staff
HOUSTON-- Oil and Natural Gas Corp. of India has awarded Baker Hughes a five-year contract to provide drilling and evaluation services and to manage third-party services for thePlatinum Explorer drillship.
Baker Hughes will supply directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling, logging-while-drilling, surface logging services, drilling fluids, liner hangers, cementing and coring services. Also, Baker Hughes will manage third-party services for air and sea logistics, the onshore base, and wellheads.
Vantage Drilling’sPlatinum Explorer drillship is capable of drilling high-pressure, high- temperature wells in water depths up to 10,000 ft (3,048 m).
ONGC contributes about 75% of India’s oil production and 54% of the country’s gas production.
04/28/2011
