The drillship Noble Bully I is about nine months into a five-year contract under which it will drill 24 topholes to be completed once the TLP is installed. Later this month, the hull is due to arrive at the Kiewit Offshore Services yard in Ingleside, Texas, where the topsides will be installed. First oil is expected in 2015.
Olympus will be Shell’s seventh operated floating production facility in the Gulf of Mexico.