Lisbon – Saipem has been awarded new drilling contracts and extensions of existing contracts in Portugal, Norway, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and Latin America worth a total of approximately €150 million. Saipem has been awarded a contract by Eni Portugal B.V. for the rental of the Saipem 12000, which will operate off the coast of Portugal. The work will be carried out during the third quarter of 2016. The Saipem 12000 drillship is a sixth-generation ultra-deepwater able to operate more than 3,000 meters deep. Norway’s contract has been extended until October 2017 with Eni Norge for Scarabeo 8, sixth-generation semi-submersible vessel capable of operating in ultra-deep waters up to 3,000 metre. Saipem has been awarded new contracts in onshore drilling from various clients related to several drilling rigs in South America, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and Morocco. The contracts will come into effect in the course of 2016, with a duration ranging from two months to two years. (9Colonne)
