Offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore has informed that its client Statoil will suspend the contract for the semi-submersible rig Songa Delta after the current well, Slemmestad, in the North Sea.

Songa informed on Tuesday that from end of June 2016, the rig will go on 75% suspension rate of $277,000 per day. The rig’s current operating dayrate is $369,000.

The expected resumption of the work with Statoil is indicated to be mid-August 2016, Songa said.