Valaris has secured a five-well contract for its drillship VALARIS DS-15 in West Africa, with work scheduled to begin in Q3 2026, the company said on Monday.
SLB noted in the release that it will oversee the delivery of 18 ultra-deepwater wells using an integrated services approach and AI-enabled drilling capabilities to improve operational efficiency and well quality. It added that the full scope of the contract includes digital directional drilling services and hardware, logging while drilling (LWD), surface logging, cementing, drilling and completions fluids, completions, and wireline services.