Termination of rig contract

Wintershall Dea and the Nova licence partnership have decided to terminate the contract with Seadrill Northern Operations ltd for the West Mira drilling rig. 

Following investigations and based on an overall assessment, Wintershall Dea and the Nova licence partnership have decided to terminate the contract with Seadrill Northern Operations ltd for the West Mira drilling rig.

An alternative drilling rig will be contracted to secure progress of the field development, and production start for Nova is still planned for second half of 2022.

West Mira has not been in operation since March 19, following the incident with the dropped X-mas tree.