The Ocean BlackRhino is one of two Diamond Offshore drillships bound for Sangomar later this year. PHOTO SOURCE: Zenith Energy
Woodside Energy (Senegal) B.V. (ASX: WPL) has awarded U.K.-based well management and project management firm Zenith Energy (LON: ZEN) a multiyear contract for the Sangomar field development offshore Senegal, Zenith reported late last week.
“This contract is of significant importance to Zenith and builds on the relationship and services we have provided Woodside to date,” Martin Booth, Zenith’s managing director, commented in a written statement emailed to Rigzone.
Zenith pointed out that it will provide drilling and completion engineering and ad-hoc support services for the Sangomar project under the four-year contract, which it will service from the U.K. and Australia. The firm added that it expects to create more than 25 jobs because of the award.
Zenith Energy secures west African contract Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2021-04-22 11:58
22nd April 2021
Aberdeen based well management and project management firm Zenith Energy has been awarded a multi-year contract by Woodside Energy (Senegal)
The agreement is for the provision of drilling and completion engineering and ad-hoc support services for the Sangomar Field Development offshore Senegal and is set to see Zenith create in excess of 25 jobs over the four-year period.
The development, consisting of the drilling and completion of 23 subsea development wells, is poised to be Senegal’s first offshore oil development, targeting the production of ~231 MMbbl of oil resources (P50 gross). Woodside has contracted Diamond Offshore for two well-based contracts for the drill rigs Ocean BlackRhino and Ocean BlackHawk with the drilling and completions campaign set to begin mid-2021.