Drilling contractor Noble yesterday announced several new contracts for oil rigs operating in the North Sea, Egypt and Gulf of Mexico.
The owner of the world’s third-largest offshore drilling fleet said its Noble Paul Romano rig has received a 180-day contract from Gujarat State Petroleum Corp Ltd to drill off the Egyptian coast by October.
The dayrate for the Noble Paul Romano, which had been idle in the Gulf of Mexico since June 2010, is $325,000, Noble said in a company statement.
Noble’s Noble Max Smith rig had its contract extended by five months by customer Pemex in the Gulf of Mexico.
And the Noble George Sauvageau has received a one-year contract from Wintershall to drill in the North Sea at a dayrate of $115,000.
