OMV has confirmed it has secured a jack-up drilling rig for a minimum of one year for offshore operations in New Zealand.

The contract has been awarded to Valaris for the jack-up Gorilla VII (Valaris JU-249) to drill and complete a number of sidetrack wells from existing wells at the Maui field, said OMV.

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