Cobalt resumes drilling in US Gulf

Back to the Gulf: Cobalt resumes drilling with Ensco 8503 semisub

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Luke Johnson

 22 December 2011 00:13 GMT

US independent Cobalt International Energy has resumed drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico after receiving approval from US authorities.



The US Coast Guard and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement gave Cobalt the okay to drill the Ligurian-2 exploration well, located in Green Canyon Block 814. It is the company’s first operated well since the US lifted a deep-water drilling moratorium in the Gulf.

Cobalt said the Ensco 8503 semi-submersible rig has returned to the Gulf after being sublet to Tullow Oil to drill the much ballyhooed Zaedyus-1 probe off French Guiana.

The rig will carry a special dayrate of about $210,000 for a couple of weeks…

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