Ventura Offshore’s Catarina team recently participated in the Well Operations HSE Forum, organised by Eni Indonesia, reaffirming the company’s long-term commitment to safety and operational excellence in the sector.
SSV Catarina is a Ventura-owned semi-submersible rig, currently performing various assignments in the area — all of the company’s other vessels are working offshore Brazil.
The Well Operations HSE Forum was attended by Ventura’s CEO, Guilherme Coelho, and its COO, Luis Mariano, reflecting the significance of its current activities in the Asia Pacific region.
At the start of October, Ventura Offshore announced in a statement to the Oslo stock market that Eni Indonesia had exercised the second of four optional wells in Indonesia for the Catarina, following a first extension back in June.
The announcement is expected to keep the rig utilised into Q1 2026 and further increases the firm backlog of the company by approximately US$10mn, Ventura Offshore noted in the statement.
“Further exercise by Eni of the remaining two optional wells in Indonesia could keep the rig utilised through Q2 2026,” it added.
In its Q2 2025 results, Ventura Offshore also announced additional operating expenditure for ancillary services for the Catarina contract, to be fully reimbursed by its customer, plus a market-based margin.
Eni has been operating in Indonesia since 2001 and has a portfolio of assets spanning exploration, development and production.
It has a current equity production of around 95,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in East Kalimantan.
