The contract comprises the drilling and completion of one deviated well from the Jacky platform in the Inner Moray Firth area of the UK sector, which is expected to begin late February 2011 and run approximately 72 days.
Northern Offshore is a Bermuda-based holding company which operates offshore oil and gas production and drilling vessels deployed around the world.
The company’s fleet consists of one floating production facility and five drilling units (a drillship, a semisubmersible and three jackup drilling rigs).