Escopeta signs major service contracts

Escopeta Oil Co. signed two contracts recently, according to the company.

Foss Maritime Co. will provide the tug that will “wet tow” the Spartan 151 jack-up rig to the waters of the Cook Inlet from its current location on the coast of British Columbia.

Foss is also providing an offshore service vessel to transport goods to and from the rig.

Offshore Systems Kenai, or OSK, the company that manages a dock in Nikiski is providing a second offshore service vessel. Those two boats are scheduled to leave their current location in Gulf of Mexico en route to Alaska through the Panama Canal.

The ships will carry well casing, dry goods and lubricants.

Escopeta recently brought large casing to the Cook Inlet region, delivering the goods to Seattle, bringing them on intermodal barge to Whittier and trucking them to the inlet.

Escopeta is planning an offshore drilling program at its Kitchen Lights unit.

—Eric Lidji