Maersk Drilling had been awarded a new contract by Hess Corporation for 2008-built jackup rig Maersk Resilient.
The rig will be operating in the Danish North Sea at the Jill exploration well. Work is scheduled to commence in September with an estimated duration of 35 days.
Maersk Resilient is currently under contract with Ithaca Energy in the UK, on a three-month contract set to end this month.