A Chinese-made rig called Scarabeo-9 is expected to arrive in the Cuban sea in early 2011. This rig will open up a full-scale oil exploration operation for this untapped offshore oil field.
Once the Scarabeo-9 rig arrived in Cuban waters, oil companies with oil and gas contracts in the waters off the Cuban side of the Gulf of Mexico began drilling operations.
An official of the oil company Saipem, an oilfield services subsidiary of the Italian oil giant Eni, told Reuters that the huge semi-submersible rig will be built at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in Yantai, China before the end of this year.
The official, who did not wish to disclose his name, said that the journey from Yantai, China to Cuba’s sea area will take two months. Once the rig arrives in Cuban waters, it will immediately begin drilling operations.
The new rig will be used first for an exploratory well drilled by an international consortium headed by the Spanish oil giant Repsol. The Spanish company had drilled the only well in Cuba offshore in 2004. The company said at the time that the well had discovered oil and natural gas.
Once the Scarabeo-9 rig arrived in Cuban waters, oil companies with oil and gas contracts in the waters off the Cuban side of the Gulf of Mexico began drilling operations.
An official of the oil company Saipem, an oilfield services subsidiary of the Italian oil giant Eni, told Reuters that the huge semi-submersible rig will be built at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in Yantai, China before the end of this year.
The official, who did not wish to disclose his name, said that the journey from Yantai, China to Cuba’s sea area will take two months. Once the rig arrives in Cuban waters, it will immediately begin drilling operations.
The new rig will be used first for an exploratory well drilled by an international consortium headed by the Spanish oil giant Repsol. The Spanish company had drilled the only well in Cuba offshore in 2004. The company said at the time that the well had discovered oil and natural gas.
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