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Solstad Secures Australian Drilling Contracts
Feb 26, 2021 8:55:am
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by: Shardul Sharma
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Norway’s Solstad Offshore on February 26 announced it has won drilling contracts in Australia.
The first contract is expected to start in the second quarter of this year. An anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel
Normand Ranger, will mobilise from Norway and will then provide support to a drilling campaign offshore northwestern Australia, securing about one year of utilisation for the vessel, it said.
During the drilling campaign, which also includes support from the Solstad AHTSs
Normand Saracen and
Far Senator, the
Normand Ranger will operate in connection with a moored semi-submersible drilling rig, with the base port being Dampier.
Solstad s PSV, AHTS Secure Australia Contracts
Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. February 26, 2021
Solstad Offshore, a Norway-based offshore vessel operator, on Friday said it had won contracts for the vessels Normand Ranger and Far Seeker in Australia.
The Normand Seeker, a large AHTS, has been awarded a contract in Australia with the start slated for the second quarter of 2021.
The anchor handler vessel will mobilize from Norway and will then provide support to a major drilling campaign offshore North-Western Australia, securing about one year of utilization for the vessel, Solstad said, without providing details on the identity of the client. During the drilling campaign, that also includes support from the Solstad AHTS Normand Saracen and Far Senator, the Normand Ranger will operate in connection with a moored semi-submersible drilling rig, with the base port being Dampier, Solstad Offshore said.