GSP Uranus jack-up rig  has started the drilling operations in the Black Sea under a 5-year frame agreement with OMV Petrom.

The rig moving began on August 19th, 17:00,  the jack-up reaching the work location the next day. The rig moving and positioning operations were carried out with the support of AHTS GSP Queen.

GSP Uranus is a three legs, self-evelating unit, cantilever type, Marathon Le Tourneau Class 116-C design drilling rig. Later this year, the MODU will also operate under the contract with Black Sea Oil and Gas, a wholly owned company of Carlyle International Energy Partners.