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    1. Vessels

    Maersk Drilling awarded one-well extension for drillship with TotalEnergies

    Sept. 22, 2022
    TotalEnergies E&P Suriname has exercised an option to add the drilling of one additional well in Block 58 offshore Suriname to the work scope of the Maersk Valiant drillship.
    Courtesy Maersk Drilling
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    Courtesy Maersk Drilling
    Maersk Valiant 2
    Offshore staff

    LYNGBY, Denmark — TotalEnergies has taken up an option with Maersk Drilling for a further well in Block 58 offshore Suriname, using the Maersk Valiant drillship.

    The 100-day extension should take effect in January 2023, in direct continuation of the rig’s current work scope, with an estimated value of about $24.7 million. This includes provision of integrated services use of managed pressure drilling.

    Maersk Valiant is a high-specification seventh-generation drillship with integrated managed pressure drilling capability, which was delivered in 2013. It is operating for TotalEnergies offshore Suriname.

    09.22.2022

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