Shelf Drilling, Ltd. announced that it has received an award for a one-year contract for the Trident 16 jack-up rig with Belayim Petroleum Company (Petrobel) for operations in the Gulf of Suez, offshore Egypt. The contract includes mutually agreeable options, and the planned start-up of operations is first quarter 2019. Petrobel is a joint venture of Eni S.p.A. and Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).