Qatar: Maersk and GDI

Maersk Oil Qatar (MOQ) and Gulf Drilling International (GDI) said on 5 October that they had signed two contracts worth a combined $205m: a two-year deal for a GDI jack-up drilling rig (rig B-341) and a three-year deal for a GDI offshore accommodation jack-up. The contracts follow one signed in February for the Al-Jassra offshore jack-up drilling rig, which is working in the Al-Shaheen field. The three contracts combined are worth around $428.5m, MOQ said. 
Separately, Maersk said it had appointed Sheikh Jassim Bin Saud Al-Thani as its new head of Qatarisation.