OMV Contracts Island Drilling for Norway Ops

Laxman Pai
Thursday, December 12, 2019

Norwegian offshore driller Island Drilling has been awarded a contract with the provides marine exploration services firm OMV (Norge) in Norway.

The contract is for one well in License 644, close to Aasgaard Field in the North Sea, said a statement from Island Drilling.

In addition, a separate agreement has been signed with OMV, which applies to up to 3 option wells for OMV in other Norwegian sea areas.

Drilling is scheduled to commence in Q2/ Q3 2020 and Island Drilling Management will be responsible for the operation of Island Innovator.

Island Drilling Company AS is grateful to OMV (Norge) AS for chosen Island Innovator to perform this scope.

OMV (Norge) AS is the Operator of License 644 License with holding a 30% interest.

Categories: Offshore Energy Drilling Contract

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