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Indian oil and gas company ONGC has chartered a jack-up drilling rig from the Indian offshore drilling contractor Jindal Drilling & Industries.
Jindal said this week that the ONGC had sent a letter of award for the charter hire of the jack-up drilling unit Jindal Explorer. The contract is for a period of three years. The drilling firm did not share the value of the contract.
The Jindal Explorer jack-up is a rig of Keppel s KFELS B design, delivered in late 2014. It is capable of operating in water depths of 350 feet (~107 meters) and drilling down to 30,000 feet (9144 meters).
This is not the only rig ONGC has hired this week. Oslo-listed drilling firm Shelf Drilling said Wednesday it had won a contract with ONGC in India for its Trident XII jack-up drilling unit
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Jindal Drilling & Industries jumped 6.34% to Rs 98.05 after the company said it has received letter of award (LoA) from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
The LoA is for charter hire of offshore drilling rig Jindal Explorer for contract period of 3 years.
Jindal Drilling & Industries is engaged in providing services to entities involved in exploration of oil and gas.
The company reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 16.45 crore in Q3 FY21 as compared to a net loss of Rs 8.01 crore in Q3 FY20. Net sales 127.96% YoY to Rs 113.80 crore during the quarter.
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