COSL Prospector ideal rig for Great South Basin - OMV

COSL Prospector ideal rig for Great South Basin - OMV
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans July 30 (BusinessDesk) - The COSL Prospector is an ideal rig for drilling in the Great South Basin, an Environmental Protection Authority hearing was told today. The four-year-old harsh environment rig was designed for working in the North Sea and can operate in wave heights of up to 17 metres, Gerald Hollinger, OMV’s New Zealand well engineering manager told the hearing in Dunedin this morning. “It’s perfectly designed for what we want to do here,” Hollinger said in reply to questions from Greg Shaw, a member of the thr...

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