Seadrill takes delivery of the deepwater drilling rig West Aquarius
Friday, January 16 2009 - 02:33 PM WIB
Bermuda-based drilling firm Seadrill Limited on Friday took delivery of the new deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig West Aquarius from the DSME shipyard in South Korea.
The unit will leave Korean waters in a few days after completing some general mobilization activities, en route to its first drilling assignment in Indonesia. Start-up of operations is expected mid February.
West Aquarius has a three-year contract with ExxonMobil for worldwide exploration activities.
In Indonesia the rig will carry out exploration drilling in Mandar and Surumana deepwater blocks in Makassar Strait.
West Aquarius can run parallel drilling operations and is designed with a dynamic positioning system and a water depth capacity up to 3,000 meters.(alex)