Jindal Bags 3-Year Jack-Up Rig Charter with ONGC
Credit: Jindal Indian oil and gas company ONGC has chartered a jack-up drilling rig from the Indian offshore drilling contractor Jindal Drilling & Industries. Jindal said this week that the ONGC had sent a letter of award for the charter hire of the jack-up drilling unit Jindal Explorer. The contract is for a period of three years. The drilling firm did not share the value of the contract. The Jindal Explorer jack-up is a rig of Keppel's KFELS B design, delivered in late 2014. It is capable of operating in water depths of 350 feet (~107 meters) and drilling down to 30,...