Malaysia's Velesto Drilling, a subsidiary of Velesto Energy, has been awarded four contracts worth a total of RM432.33mln (US$104.68 million) from Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd for the provision of jack-up drilling rig services.
Velesto Energy, formerly known as UMW Oil & Gas, said in a stock exchange announcement that the contracts are for the provision of four drilling rigs - the Naga 2, Naga 3 and Naga 5 jack-up rigs.
The first three rigs will start their contract in April or May and the last one in June or July 2019. The fourth contract will start in June/July and Velesto will assign NAGA 6.
Estimated contract values for the rigs, for firm period only, are $25.4 million for NAGA 2 and for NAGA 3, each. For NAGA 5 the value of the contract is $26.2 million and for NAGA 6 the contract is worth $27.6 million.
NAGA 5 has a drilling depth capability of 30,000 feet and a rated operating water depth of 400 feet whereas NAGA 6 has a drilling depth capability of 30,000 feet and a rated operating water depth of 375 feet.
NAGA 2 and NAGA 3 are premium independent-leg cantilever jack-up drilling rigs that have a drilling depth capability of 30,000 feet and have a rated operating water depth of 350 feet.
It said the duration of the contracts is one year, with the option of an additional one year plus a one-year extension for each of the contracts.