PVEP POC lets rig contract for southeast Asia work

Dec. 11, 2023
PetroVietnam Domestic Exploration Production Operating Co. Ltd. let a contract for the Shelf Drilling Perseverance jack-up rig.

PetroVietnam Domestic Exploration Production Operating Co. Ltd. (PVEP POC) let a contract to Shelf Drilling Ltd. and Shelf Drilling (North Sea) Ltd. for the Shelf Drilling Perseverance jack-up rig.

The rig will mobilize to Southeast Asia. Start-up of operations is planned for third-quarter 2024. The firm term of the contract is about 16 months, and the total estimated contract value is about $73 million.

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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).