Carigali-PTTEP Operating Company (CPOC) has booked nine more months with Vantage Drilling’s jack-up Aquamarine Driller for work in the Malaysia-Thailand joint development area.

The extension will keep the 2009-built rig active through January of 2018, according to Vantage's latest fleet status report published last week. The report does not include dayrates.

"This rig continues to be one of the best performing jack-ups in Southeast Asia," said Vantage marketing director Alisdair Semple.