BP dishes out extensions for Noble drillship duo worth $620m
Offshore drilling giant Noble Corporation has won contract extensions for two drillships with supermajor BP.The UK-based company extended the deals for the <em>Noble BlackLion </em>and<em> Noble BlackHorne</em>t by an additional two years in the US Gulf of Mexico.The total firm contract value over the combined four years is approximately $620m. Based on this additional term, the <em>Noble BlackLion </em>and<em> Noble BlackHornet</em> will stay with BP into September 2028 and February 2029, respectively.“We are extremely pleased to continue these high specification drillshipsâ long-term assignments with BP in the US Gulf, which will now be approaching one decade in tenure,” said Robert Eifler, president and CEO of Noble.