QGOG Constellation exercises SHI drillship option

QGOG Constellation has exercised an option for an ultra-deepwater drillship from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), Seatrade Asia online reports.

This will be QGOG Constellation's third DP3 drillship with SHI and the South Korean shipyard plans to deliver the vessel in December 2014.

The drillship will be capable of drilling in water depths of up to 12,000 feet and a total vertical drilling depth of 40,000 feet.