Maersk Drilling awarded contract extension to drill world record well in Angola; 2.25-mile water depth

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By mmillikinOct 24, 2021, 4:00 am1.2k ptsInterestingTop
TotalEnergies E&P Angola has exercised an option for the 7th-generation drillship Maersk Voyager to drill the ultra-deepwater Ondjaba-1 exploration well in Angola’s Block 48. The Ondjaba-1 well will be drilled at a new world record water depth of 3,628 m (2.25 miles). The current world record is 3,400 m, set…

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