Maersk Drilling has announced the award of a three-well contract in the UK North Sea with Perenco.

The Maersk Resolute, currently in the Netherlands, will carry out the work at the Wollaston and Ravenspurn gas fields in October in the Southern North Sea.

The contract is expected to last 150 days and includes eight one-well options.

According to Maersk Drilling’s latest fleet update published in May, Maersk Resolute will remain in the Dutch sector until September after carrying out work for Petrogas, Dana and Taqa.