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UMW secures jackup contract from Vestigo

Malaysian offshore drilling contractor UMW Oil & Gas Corporation has received a letter of award from Vestigo Petroleum for the provision of a jackup drilling rig.

UMW will deploy its jack-up rig UMW Naga 2 for the drilling contract, which is for one firm well commencing at the end of the first quarter of 2017. The contract value was not disclosed.

In November 2016, UMW was awarded a contract by Ophir Production to utilise UMW Naga 2 at three wells in the Ophir field, commencing in the second quarter of 2017.

Jason Jiang

Jason is one of the most prolific writers on the diverse China shipping & logistics industry and his access to the major maritime players with business in China has proved an invaluable source of exclusives. Having been working at Asia Shipping Media since inception, Jason is the chief correspondent of Splash and associate editor of Maritime CEO magazine. Previously he had written for a host of titles including Supply Chain Asia, Cargo Facts and Air Cargo Week.
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