The Danish player will take the Maersk Gallant for work on the Leadon and James subsea fields, beginning in February, Maersk Drilling said on Thursday.
The contract is for around 230 days and the deal value is some $24 million, equating to a dayrate of some $104,000 – assuming the contract value does not include mobilisation.
The rig, which can drill high-pressure, high-temperature wells, is nearing the end of its current charter with Total.
