The operator will use Rowan jack-up Gorilla IV for the job, having signed a minimum 90-day term for the rig at a dayrate of about $195,000.
Rowan's Tarzan Class jack-up Scooter Yeargain drilled the initial Blackbeard well to a depth of just over 30,000 feet.
The initial South Timbalier Block 168 well drilled by ExxonMobil hit a thin layer of gas-bearing sand, but was plugged and abandoned about 1500 feet short of its original Miocene target.
McMoran
