PV Drilling jackup rig to operate in Vietsovpetro’s five wells

Illustrative photo. (Source: petrotimes.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – PetroVietnam Drilling and WellServices Corporation (PV Drilling) will provide jackup rig PV Drilling II forVietsovpetro, the Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture, to expand its operationin five offshore oil wells in Block 09-1.

PV Drilling has provided jackup rigs for Vietsovpetro,Spanish energy and petrochemical company Repsol, Eni Vietnam B.V. – a unit ofItalian energy group Eni, GBRS in Algeria and BSP in Brunei. Its contract ofsupplying rig TAD – PV Drilling V for BSP spans up to 10 years.

After completing its mission for Vietsovpetro, PV DrillingII will be sent to Indonesia for exploration in Natuna in the third quarter ofthis year.

The Zero LTI rig has been in use since September 2009.It is capable of drilling to the depth of up to over 9.14km./.

VNA