ONGC Contracts Shelf Drilling Rigs

Laxman Pai
Thursday, August 1, 2019

Indian multinational oil and gas company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) awards driller contracts for pair of units off west coast.

Dubai-headquartered offshore driller Shelf Drilling has been awarded contracts for two of its jack-up rigs with ONGC for operations in the Mumbai High, offshore India.

The offshore drilling contractor said that its C.E. Thornton and F.G. McClintock jack-up rigs had been awarded three-year contracts each.

Operations in the Mumbai High offshore India are expected to start in 4Q 2019.

ONGC is a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of the Government of India, under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Shelf Drilling is a international shallow water offshore drilling contractor with rig operations across Middle East, Southeast Asia, India, West Africa and the Mediterranean.

Categories: Offshore Energy Drilling Jackup Contract Rig

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