Maersk Drilling has secured a further firm three-well contract with Total for development drilling work off Angola using its ultra-deepwater drillship Maersk Voyager.

The charter, which covers drilling of development wells in Total-operated Block 17, has an estimated duration of 120 days that will extend the rig's tenure with the French supermajor to the second quarter of 2021.

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