Atwood wins Thai Gulf extension

Atwood Mako: Atwood Oceanic’s jack-up rig (above) has been awarded a 12-month contract extension for operations in the Gulf of Thailand

ATWOOD OCEANICS

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Danica Newnham

 21 December 2012 03:01 GMT

Houston-based Atwood Oceanics has been awarded a 12-month contract extension for its jack-up rig Atwood Mako.

The offshore drilling contractor had signed an initial 12-month drilling services deal with London-listed Salamander Energy in September for operations offshore Thailand.

The company announced on Thursday that the year extension would begin on 9 September next year and run through to September 2014.

Use of the jack-up is priced at a day rate of $155,000, Atwood said.

The Atwood Mako is currently drilling a second development well at Salamander’s Bualuang oilfield in the Gulf of Thailand.

Salamander has said it was planning to drill an additional 15 development wells at the field over the…

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