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NEWS IN BRIEF
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Qatar, starting in the first quarter of 2022. The jack-ups Sapphire Driller and
Aquamarine Driller will begin work in February and March 2022, respectively, according to Vantage CEO Ihab Toma.
The jack-up Emerald Driller is currently contracted with French supermajor TotalEnergies.
The Sapphire Driller and Aquamarine Driller have recently returned to work with new contracts offshore Equatorial Guinea and Malaysia, respectively.
Ihab Toma, CEO of Vantage Drilling International, which has a co-headquarters in the UAE, said: “We are delighted to announce that, the Sapphire Driller and the Aquamarine Driller, were recently awarded three-year contracts to work offshore Qatar, commencing in February and March 2022, respectively. We look forward to these multi-year programs commencing alongside the Emerald Driller’s campaign in Qatar where we have operated since 2016.”
Vantage Drilling International is an offshore drilling contractor that operates and manages a fleet of high specification drilling rigs on a worldwide basis.
The firm’s owned and managed fleet
currently consists of two ultra-deep-water Drillships and five premium BMC 375 Jackups.
At the end of July 2021, the company reported a backlog of $380m, with six of the company’s seven rigs working.
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ADNOC L&S partners with Roll Group
ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), the shipping and maritime logistics arm of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), announced today its strategic partnership with Netherlands-headquartered Roll Group to strengthen its turnkey integrated logistics offering. The partnership with Roll Group enables ADNOC L&S to jointly implement heavy haulage solutions for both onshore and offshore projects.
The partnership agreement was signed by ADNOC L&S CEO, Captain Abdulkareem
Al Masabi and Roll Group’s CEO, Peter Rondhuis, in the presence of Captain Mohamed Al Ali, Senior Vice President – Ship Management at ADNOC L&S, and Frans Van
Seumeren, Founding Partner of Roll Group. Under the terms of the agreement,
ADNOC L&S and Roll Group will offer end-to-end heavy lifting and transport solutions, including full scale installation for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts, acting as a one-stop shop for all logistic requirements. This integrated approach is expected to reduce overall project costs for customers, including ADNOC Group. The agreement also strengthens the development of ADNOC L&S’ logistics base in Mussafah and Riash as Roll Group will
set up a permanent base at ADNOC L&S’ Mussafah Offshore Supply Base and relocate its Self-Propelled Modular Trailers (SPMTs) to ADNOC L&S’ Riash facility.
Captain Abdulkareem Al Masabi, CEO
of ADNOC L&S, said: “The partnership
with Roll Group is an important step in the growth of our integrated logistics operations, particularly for heavy haulage. Heavy Lift services are an integral part of any large EPC contract, and this combined capability allows us to deliver a comprehensive and cutting- edge solution, which also turns out be more economical for the project.
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