Shelf Drilling jackup lands Nigerian extension

Grant Rowles August 6, 2019

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Dubai-headquartered Shelf Drilling has announced that it has secured a six-month contract extension for 2008-built jackup rig Shelf Drilling Resourceful.

The rig is operating offshore Nigeria, having commenced drilling for Chevron in March 2018. The new extension is in direct continuation of its current contract.

Shelf Drilling has announced a number of new and extended contract since the beginning of July, securing extensions with ADNOC and Dubai Petroleum as well as a new contracts with Chevron and ONGC.

Grant Rowles

Grant spent nine years at Informa Group based in London, Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore. He gained strong management experience in publishing, conferences and awards schemes in the shipping and legal areas, working on a number of titles including Lloyd's List. In 2009 Grant joined Seatrade responsible for the commercial development of Seatrade’s Asia products. In 2012, with Sam Chambers, he co-founded Asia Shipping Media.