Statoil extends rig contract for Tampen work

Oct. 11, 2005
Statoil ASA has secured a 1-year contract extension for the Transocean Leader semisubmersible for exploration and production drilling in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct. 11 -- Statoil ASA has secured a 1-year contract extension for the Transocean Leader semisubmersible for exploration and production drilling in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea.

The 900 million kroner extension starts September 2007.

The rig, which has been drilling for Statoil since the summer of 2004, is currently working in an exploration collaboration involving Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Norsk Hydro AS.