{"id":9157,"date":"2020-09-17T13:08:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T13:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=9157"},"modified":"2020-09-17T13:08:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T13:08:06","slug":"ivory-coast-sapura-energy-berhad-wins-drilling-contract-award-in-bloc-ci27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ivory-coast-sapura-energy-berhad-wins-drilling-contract-award-in-bloc-ci27\/","title":{"rendered":"IVORY COAST: Sapura Energy Berhad Wins Drilling Contract Award in Bloc CI27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sapura Energy marked its re-entry into Ivory Coast, as Foxtrot International LDC has awarded Sapura Drilling Holdings Limited a contract for the provision of its Tender Assist Drilling Rig\u00a0<em>Sapura Berani<\/em>\u00a0services in the country. Sapura Energy\u2019s drilling arm provided similar services for Foxtrot International LDC\u2019s drilling campaign in Ivory Coast in 2015 to 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The contract scope comprises the provision of semi tender-assist drilling rig services for three wells, offshore Ivory Coast, commencing in Q1 FY2022. It includes the option of one well extension. With this contract, Sapura Energy will have two of its rigs operating in the African continent. Its semi-submersible tender assisted drilling rig\u00a0<em>Sapura Jaya<\/em>\u00a0is currently working offshore Angola.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sapura Energy marked its re-entry into Ivory Coast, as Foxtrot International LDC has awarded Sapura Drilling Holdings Limited a contract for the provision of its Tender Assist Drilling Rig\u00a0Sapura Berani\u00a0services &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ivory-coast-sapura-energy-berhad-wins-drilling-contract-award-in-bloc-ci27\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9158,"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":true,"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":[8444,637,8445,1191,2167,8446,8443],"class_list":["post-9157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-top-news","category-west-africa","tag-bloc-ci27","tag-drilling","tag-foxtrot","tag-ivory-coast","tag-rigs","tag-sapura-berani","tag-sapura-energy","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sapura-Berani.jpg?fit=1000%2C664&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2nH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14845,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/west-africa-borr-drilling-lands-new-contract-commitments-for-2-jack-up-rigs\/","url_meta":{"origin":9157,"position":0},"title":"WEST AFRICA: Borr Drilling Lands New Contract Commitments for 2 Jack-up Rigs","author":"","date":"April 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Borr Drilling reports that it has secured new awards for the rigs \"Gerd\" and \"Norve\" with an expected combined duration of 774 days. The \"Gerd\" has secured a binding Letter of Award from Foxtrot in Ivory Coast for a one-year firm program, scheduled to begin in late Q4 2025. 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