Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production Ltd. has let a contract extension to Shelf Drilling Ltd. for the Chaophraya and Krathong 350 ft jack up rigs for operations in the Gulf of Thailand.
The extensions are a direct continuation of projects at the end of each rig’s current contract. The duration is 39 months for Chaophraya and 36 months for Krathong, expected to commence in third-quarter 2022 and fourth-quarter 2022, respectively.
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
