Offshore drilling contractor Valaris said today that it has been awarded a two-year contract from Esso Exploration Angola, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, for its drillship Valaris DS-9.
The drillship Valaris DS-9 is currently preservation stacked in the Canary Islands, where it will be re-activated and then mobilised to Angola ahead of the June 2022 contract commencement date, the company said.
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It is a Samsung GF12000 drillship built at the Samsung Heavy Industries facility in Geoje, South Korea and was commissioned in 2015.
The 755-foot vessel is rated for a maximum water depth of 12,000 feet and can drill as deep as 40,000 feet.
It includes crew accommodations of up to 200 people.
