Saudi oil and gas driller ADES has received a resumption notice for one of its jackup rigs from Saudi Aramco.
The company said that the 2019-built Admarine 510 received the notice and will be dispatched to Saudi Arabia. The contract is expected to begin in 2026.
The length of the contract was not revealed. However, the Saudi oil giant has already contracted several previously suspended rigs this year, all for 10 years.
The rig is currently in Bahrain, where it is undergoing maintenance, five-year certification, and preparation for a pair of contracts it won in Cameroon.
After the rig was suspended last year, ADES won two contracts for the jackup. One was from Africa-focused oil and gas player Tower Resources, while the other was from Addax Petroleum.
The rig was scheduled to drill the Njom-3 well on Tower’s Thali license in Cameroon in the fourth quarter of 2025 and then work for Addax in late 2025 following that engagement.
Since the Admarine 510 will return to Saudi Arabia, ADES will deploy the Admarine 501 to fulfil the Cameroon contracts upon completion of the rig’s current six-month contract in Nigeria, prolonging the rig’s visibility for up to two years.
The 2013-built rig is working on two wells for Nkuku Ikon Petroleum Development, with the client having extension options for another two wells. The Nigerian campaign commenced in the second quarter of 2025 and is scheduled to last for 180 days, provided all options are exercised.
