Gulf Drilling International Ltd (GDI). has entered into a new two year contract to continue providing offshore drilling rig services to Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd., through the use of their Al-Wajba (Gulf-3) Drilling Rig.
The contract was signed by Stephen A. Kelly, Oxy Qatar’s President and General Manager, and Ibrahim J. Al-Othman, GDI’s Chief Executive Officer and marks the third consecutive 2-year contract for the rig that GDI has secured exclusively with Occidental.
The Al-Wajba (Gulf-3) is part of Oxy’s MFP development program and will be deployed under the new contract in support of their Idd El Shargi development.
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