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More Work in the Gulf of Mexico for Pacific Drilling’s Drillship

Written by Paulo Nogueira
Published on 20/12/2019 at 08:13
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Chevron, The Main Oil Company In The U.S., Exercised An Option For The Drilling Vessel Pacific Sharav, Owned By Pacific Drilling, Operating In The U.S. Gulf Of Mexico

Gulf Of Mexico, December 20, 2019 – In its latest fleet status report, published on Thursday, December 19, Pacific announced that Chevron had exercised the third well option for the drilling vessel Pacific Sharav. See also: Subsea 7 And Chevron Close Subsea Contract In The Same Region.

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Under this third firm well option, the drillship will work for Chevron from March to May 2020, at a daily rate of US $ 225,000. The first option started in September 2019 and ended in December with a daily rate of US $ 175,000.

Currently, the drillship is under a second firm well option with Chevron, which started in December and is set to end in March 2020, at a rate of US $ 185,000 per day.

However, Pacific revealed that Chevron would not exercise the option for one remaining well provided in the contract.

Pacific also stated that the drillship Pacific Khamsin started its contract in Ecuador with Equinor in the Gulf of Mexico on December 15, 2019. This is the first well contracted by the platform with three firm wells and expires in March 2020. The daily rate is US $ 227,000.

From March of next year until July, the Pacific Khamsin is assigned to Total by Equinor’s second company, at a daily rate of US $ 252,000.

The third firm well from Equinor begins in August 2020 and ends in October 2020 at a rate of US $ 282,000. There is also a remaining priced option.

Additionally, the drillship Pacific Santa Ana began its contract with Petronas in Mauritania on December 9, 2019, and the Pacific Bora is mobilizing to Oman for its contract with Eni.

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Graduated in Electrical Engineering from one of the country's technical education institutions, the Instituto Federal Fluminense - IFF (formerly CEFET), he worked for several years in the offshore oil and gas, energy, and construction sectors. Today, with over 8,000 publications in online magazines and blogs on the energy sector, the focus is to provide real-time information on the Brazilian job market, macro and microeconomics, and entrepreneurship. For questions, suggestions, and corrections, please contact us at informe@clickpetroleoegas.com.br. Please note that we do not accept resumes at this contact.

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