Valaris announces £69m of new work including North Sea extension with Total

Rig operator Valaris has announced a series of new awards worth a combined £69million, including a North Sea extension with Total.

The Rowan Gorilla V has been given an eight month extension in the UK sector with the French operator from March 2020 to November 2020.

The Valaris 8505 received a three-well extension with Eni offshore Mexico and the Rowan Viking was awarded an accommodation services contract with Repsol off Norway.

That contract is expected to begin next month, lasting 130 days.

Elsewhere Rowan Gorilla VI got a one-month extension with Shell off Trinidad from September to October, while the Ralph Coffman also got a two-well extension off the country’s coast with an undisclosed operator.

Ensco 87 was awarded a single well contract with McMoRan Oil & Gas in the US Gulf of Mexico expected to last 30 days starting this month.