Stena Drilling has secured a new offshore assignment in Greece for its drillship Stena DrillMAX, which will carry out an exploration well for Energean Hellas, a subsidiary of Energean.
The campaign is planned to start in 2027 and covers one well in Block 2 in the northwestern Ionian Sea. The operation will require managed pressure drilling.
The work is described in the source material as the first deepwater offshore well to be drilled in Greece.
Built in 2008, Stena DrillMAX is the first vessel in the DrillMAX series. The drillship is a harsh-environment DP Class 3 unit designed to work in water depths of up to 3,048 m, with a maximum drilling depth of 10,668 m. The vessel can accommodate 180 people.
Stena Drilling also said Stena DrillMAX was the first drillship to receive DNV’s Abate (P) notation.
The latest contract adds to the existing working relationship between Stena Drilling and Energean. The companies have previously worked together on offshore drilling campaigns in Israel and Morocco.
The rig owner said this operating experience supports the delivery of the Greece campaign. The award follows Stena Drilling’s recent cooperation with Keystone on a next-generation well delivery model built around automation.
