State-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) has let a 3-year drilling contract to Shelf Drilling Ltd. for the F.G. McClintock jackup rig.
Operations will be in Mumbai High oil field, offshore India. Planned start-up of operations is first-quarter 2023.
Mumbai High is a carbonate reservoir with three blocks about 1,355 m deep, separated by east–west trending faults. It is one of India’s top producing fields.