Côte d’Ivoire: CNR rig contract

Transocean’s Discoverer India drillship has won a five-well drilling contract with Canadian Natural Resources (CNR). According to Transocean’s fleet status report published on 19 February, the contract starts in April and ends in November 2018. The dayrate was not disclosed. The drillship had been idle since December 2016. CNR’s 2018 budget provides for drilling on the Baobab oil field on Block CI-40.