Deep Sea Metro I continues drilling operations in Tanzania

abarrelfull wrote on 11 May 2013 07:43
Tags: bg-group odfjell services tanzania

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Odfjell Drilling and BG Group have extended the drilling contract for the drillship Deepsea Metro I in Tanzania. Deepsea Metro I has been drilling in Tanzania since late 2011 with high operational performance and without any lost time incidents or serious HSE incidents.

The extension covers a 540 day period from June 2013. The utilization of the drillship will during this period be shared by BG Group and Ophir Energy. The agreement also includes an additional 18 month option.

- We are pleased to continue Deepsea Metro I’s operations for BG Group and Ophir Energy in Tanzania. Our team in Tanzania and the drillship, have since the start of operations in Tanzania, provided safe drilling services of very high quality and reliability. We will continue the hard work to satisfy the need for safe and reliable services for our clients, says Mr Simen Lieungh, CEO of Odfjell Drilling.

• Deep Sea Metro I continues drilling operations in Tanzania

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