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Post by Blitz on Apr 23, 2024 8:48:30 GMT -5
I find this very unusual. Why? I'm not sure how it makes financial sense to disconnect this ship and drive it to Canada, the reconnect, drill, Uconnect, and drive then sail back to Guyana... rather than issue short term contract to an idle rig. Perhaps short term contracts are too expensive and this super major is trying to make a point? And now this... Stena DrillMAX leaves Guyana temporarily for Exxon’s Newfoundland campaign OilNOW - April 23, 2024 oilnow.gy/featured/stena-drillmax-leaves-guyana-temporarily-for-exxons-newfoundland-campaign/The Stena DrillMAX is sailing across the Atlantic, on its way to Newfoundland to assist with an ExxonMobil-led campaign. The vessel will be used to drill the Persephone wildcat well of Exploration License (EL) 1169. The license area lies in the highly prospective Orphan basin off the northeast coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. ExxonMobil Guyana told OilNOW the temporary redeployment of the Stena DrillMAX will not impact ongoing exploration and appraisal plans for Guyana, and that the vessel is expected to return in the third quarter of 2024. The Stena Carron recently returned to Guyana after undergoing its Special Periodic Survey (SPS) in Spain, during which it underwent upgrades. ExxonMobil is executing a 35-well campaign for the Stabroek Block, which was approved last year. Exxon is also conducting development drilling on multiple projects. It has six drillships on contract for its Guyana operations, including four from Noble Drilling.
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Post by Blitz on Apr 23, 2024 8:54:55 GMT -5
I just used Marine Traffic to find this ship's location. It's NE of Barbados traveling at 8 kts, heading to Bulls Bay, CA.
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Post by bjspokanimal on Apr 23, 2024 11:22:50 GMT -5
I can think of 2 possible reasons. There probably are no qualified floaters in Newfoundland without mobilizing something from somewhere else, and drillships are a lot easier to mobilize back and forth between regions than semis are. HE semis are more common than HE drillships owing to the stability inherent in their partially-submerged characteristic. Newfoundland is harsh environment territory and modern HE semis are the most unavailable floaters these days. Furthermore, if you're going to drive a drillship to a harsh environment region, Stena arguably has the highest percentage of its drillships optimized for HE conditions relative to any other Deepwater driller. Eg; that's how Stena's "Icemax" drillship got its name and Drillmax is a similar design.
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