Oil services provider Archer Limited has won a two-year extension of its contract for platform drilling services, as Statoil exercises the first option following the original four-year contract, with two additional two-year extension options remaining.
Archer is currently the incumbent contractor for the Statfjord A, B and C platforms and was additionally awarded the Njord, Sleipner A, Snorre A and B, and Visund platforms under this extension.
The extension will commence on October 1, 2016 which is a direct continuation of the current contracts.
The extension places Archer on 8 of the total of 17 platforms covered within the contract scope. Archer also maintains a lifetime contract with Statoil for the Veslefrikk platforms in the North Sea and will continue providing Platform Drilling services to Statoil’s Peregrino development in Brazil.
With this award, Archer’s offshore drilling crews will provide drilling operations and maintenance services on 19 platforms on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, 24 platforms on the UK Continental Shelf, two platforms in Brazil and a Tender-assist barge rig in Greece for customers including Statoil, ConocoPhillips, BP, Chevron, Repsol, Shell, Apache, Fairfield, Energean and Marathon.
Kenny Dey, Archer’s Vice President for Platform Drilling, commented: “Throughout the extension discussions we focused on developing future-oriented operating models that provide safe, efficient and cost effective solutions.”
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