United States: Vantage Drilling Company has announced that the ultra-deepwater drillship, the 'Platinum Explorer', has set sail from Singapore and is currently en route to India to commence a five-year contract with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
The 'Platinum Explorer' is expected to arrive in India on December 16 where it will clear customs before mobilising to its first drilling location.
Vantage, a Cayman Islands exempted company, is an offshore drilling contractor, with a fleet of four Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 ultra-premium jackup drilling rigs and one ultra-deepwater drillship, the 'Platinum Explorer'.
Vantage's primary business is to contract drilling units, related equipment and work crews primarily on a day-rate basis to drill oil and natural gas wells. Vantage also provides construction supervision services for, and will operate and manage, drilling units owned by others.
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