bp has let a 2-year contract extension to Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. for use of the Ocean BlackHornet rig.
Ocean BlackHornet is an ultradeep (> 7.500 ft) drillship currently operating under contract in the Gulf of Mexico.
This contract represents about $350 million dollars of additional backlog. The contract will begin in February 2025 in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract. bp has been using the rig since February 2020.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
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).
