08FEB2019 - NEWS - Seadrill Limited and Sonangol forms new joint venture Sonadrill to operate four drillships in Angolan waters

Seadrill Limited and Empresa de Servicos e Sondagens de Angola which is an affiliate of Sonangol, have recently formed a 50:50 joint venture named Sonadrill to operate four drillships in Angolan waters. Each of the joint venture parties will bareboat two drillships into Sonadrill. The Seadrill drillships will be from its existing owned or managed fleet, while the Sonangol drillships, Libongos and Quenguela, are currently under construction at DSME yard in Korea and expected to be delivered in the first half of 2019. Both the Korean-built drillships are 7th generation high-spec ultra-deepwater drillships.

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