Maersk Drilling has secured a $34mn contract with Shell to drill four development wells at the Gumusut-Kakap oil and gas project offshore Malaysia, it said on April 7. 

The company will deploy its 7^th generation drillship Maersk Viking to drill the wells. Maersk Viking is a high-spec ultra-deepwater drillship that was delivered in 2013. It is currently operating offshore Brunei Darussalam.  

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The contract is expected to start in December this year, with an estimated duration of 150 days. The contract includes five additional one-well options for work offshore Malaysia, the Philippines, and Brunei Darussalam. 

The Gumusut-Kakap fields are located within blocks J and K, about 120km offshore from Sabah, Malaysia. The water depth is in the region is 1,200 m.