Statoil has awarded the contract for drilling services on the Mariner platform on the UK continental shelf to UK-based Odfjell Drilling.
“Mariner is the largest new offshore development in the UK in more than a decade,” said vice president, Western Europe, in Development and Production International in Statoil, Morten Ruud. “Over its lifetime the project will generate jobs and substantial ripple effects for UK and the Aberdeen region. This contract award is an example of that.”
The contract has been awarded to the UK-based company Odfjell Drilling, which is well established in the Aberdeen oil and gas community.
Odfjell Drilling will perform drilling services, maintenance of the drilling facility and drill pipe logistics for the Mariner field development, with options also on the Bressay field development.
Casing, tubing running services and modifications to the drilling facility is also optional in the contract. The contract duration is four years from November 2016.
Odfjell Drilling will perform drilling services, maintenance of the drilling facility and drill pipe logistics for the Mariner field development, with options also on the Bressay field development.
Casing, tubing running services and modifications to the drilling facility is also optional in the contract. The contract duration is four years from November 2016.
The contract has an estimated value of GBP160 million.
The Mariner platform is currently under construction and the drilling start is scheduled for November 2016. Odfjell Drilling will provide engineering and commissioning services to Statoil under the construction and start-up phase of the field development.
The Mariner platform is currently under construction and the drilling start is scheduled for November 2016. Odfjell Drilling will provide engineering and commissioning services to Statoil under the construction and start-up phase of the field development.