Shell UK Ltd. has let a contract for the Stena Don mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) to Stena drilling for work in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Activities will include a combination of plugging and abandonment work as well as development well drilling.
Work is expected to begin in second-quarter 2023 for a firm scope of 365 days with an option to extend the contract for up to an additional 1-year period in direct continuation from the firm scope.
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
