TotalEnergies lets rig contract for work offshore Nigeria

Total E&P Nigeria, part of the TotalEnergies Group, has let a contract to Shelf Drilling Ltd. for the Baltic jack up rig for operations offshore Nigeria.

The contract duration is for five wells with an estimated duration of 380 days plus an additional option period. Work is expected to begin in June.

In addition to OML 130 where the Akpo, Egina and Preowei fields were discovered, Total operates offshore assets OML 99 (40%), containing the Ikike discovery, OML 100 (40%), and OML 102 (40%) where the Ofon 2 project was completed in 2016.