{"id":14998,"date":"2025-05-06T17:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=14998"},"modified":"2025-05-06T17:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:26:44","slug":"valaris-announces-five-well-contract-award-for-drillship-valaris-ds-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/valaris-announces-five-well-contract-award-for-drillship-valaris-ds-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Valaris Announces Five-well Contract Award for Drillship VALARIS DS-15 in West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valaris has announced that it has been awarded a five-well contract offshore West Africa for drillship VALARIS DS-15. The contract is expected to commence in the third quarter 2026. The total contract value, based on an estimated duration of 250 days, is approximately $135 million, including upfront payments for rig upgrades and mobilization. The total contract value does not include the provision of additional services. The contract includes priced options for up to five wells with an estimated total duration of 80 to 100 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President and Chief Executive Officer Anton Dibowitz said, \u201cWe are excited to have secured another contract for one of our high-specification drillships. As part of this contract, the rig will be upgraded with an enhanced managed pressure drilling system. We believe this contract reflects the market\u2019s preference for contractors that can deliver complex drilling solutions with high-specification, seventh generation drillships. In addition, this contract adds to our presence offshore West Africa, where we are well positioned for future contracting opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valaris has announced that it has been awarded a five-well contract offshore West Africa for drillship VALARIS DS-15. The contract is expected to commence in the third quarter 2026. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/valaris-announces-five-well-contract-award-for-drillship-valaris-ds-15\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,11,7444],"tags":[649,9713,11976,2720],"class_list":["post-14998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-top-news","category-west-africa","tag-drillship","tag-valaris","tag-valaris-ds-15","tag-west-africa","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Valaris_DS_12.jpg?fit=433%2C615&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3TU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14807,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/west-africa-valaris-announces-2-year-contract-award-for-drillship-valaris-ds-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":14998,"position":0},"title":"WEST AFRICA: Valaris Announces 2-Year Contract Award for Drillship VALARIS DS-10","author":"","date":"April 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Valaris Limited has announced that it has been awarded a two-year contract offshore West Africa for drillship VALARIS DS-10 that is expected to commence late in the second quarter or in the third quarter 2026. 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