It has ended the charter of the Stena Carron (built 2008) two years early after a disappointing drilling campaign.

The drillship has just completed work on the Statoil-operated blocks 38 and 39 in the Kwanza basin offshore Angola.

Statoil said the costs of terminating the operations and associated services will be expensed in fourth quarter of 2014.

“Statoil’s first well results from the area have been disappointing,” the Stavanger-based company said in a statement.

“Although