The semi-submersible ODN Delba III is no longer owned by Ocyan (formerly Odebrecht), now the rig belongs to the Dutch group OOS, famous for having UMS
The former Odebrecht oil and gas company, announced on Friday (18/10), the sale of the semi-submersible rig ODN Delba III, to the Dutch company OOS, which normally charters its flotels here in Brazil. Last week (17/10), inclusive, the Petrobras awarded the company's Flotel Tiradentes an excellence classification.
The transaction was only possible because OOS facilitated the operation with a conglomerate of Mexican banks that finance drilling units led by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
New player in the drilling market?
It has not yet been possible to specify whether the negotiation will mark the entry of OOS in the drilling segment, the group is recognized for the operation of its UMS (Maintenance and Safety Units) or more popularly known as flotels.
OOS can carry out renovation works on the rig and use it as a flotel instead of using it as a drill in Mexico, where the equipment has a market.
Despite not having experience in the drilling segment, OOS can take advantage of opportunities and acquire more units that are for sale in the Brazilian market.
The Delba III had already been stopped for two months in Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro, since its contract with Petrobras ended in 2012. The rig was initially owned by Delba, but the Brazilian company, after problems, passed it on to Odebrecht , now Ocyan.
The Delba III has the capacity to operate in a water depth of 2,4 meters and will leave Brazil by the end of the year.
All Ocyan rigs (esx Odebrecht) are chartered to Petrobras, but with the sale of the semi-submersible, Ocyan now has five deepwater rigs in its portfolio, four of which are drillships (Norbe VIII, Norbe XIX, ODN I and ODN II ) and only one semi-submersible, the Norbe VI.
