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HOUSTON, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Building Services (ABS), a provider of custom-designed engineering labs and well-site accommodations, expedited on deadline the completion of a highly customized, 10x30-foot geological/geophysical office for a newbuild, ultra-deepwater drillship in the Gulf of Mexico. This "G&G" office was the fourth in a series of customized buildings that ABS has manufactured for new Gulf drillships. Fabricated to a global E&P company's exacting...
HOUSTON, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC., announced that on October 15, 2011, Alpha Eagle Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (the "Company"), entered into a turnkey construction contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., ("DSME") to construct an ultra-deepwater drillship, to be named the Atwood Achiever, at the DSME yard in South Korea. The Atwood Achiever is expected to be delivered by June 30, 2014 at a total cost,...
HOUSTON, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rowan Companies, Inc. ("Rowan" or the "Company") (NYSE: RDC) plans to report earnings for its third quarter ended September 30, 2011, on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, before the open of the financial markets in the United States. Following the earnings report, the Company will conduct a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time to discuss its operating results. Interested parties may listen to the conference call by telephone or over the...
HOUSTON, Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Offshore, Ltd. (Oslo Bors: NOF.OL) today announced that its subsidiary, Jet Drilling (S) Pte. Ltd. received a Letter of Award from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited ("ONGC") for its semisubmersible Energy Driller for work offshore India. The term of the contract is for three years with initial operations commencing off the west coast during the first quarter of 2012. The Energy Driller completed its previous three-year contract with...
HOUSTON, Sept. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Offshore, Ltd. (Oslo Bors: NOF.OL) today announced that CNOOC Palung Aru Ltd. ("CNOOC") has awarded a contract for the drillship Energy Searcher. The contract is for one well offshore Indonesia and has an expected duration of from 60-90 days, including travel time from and back to Singapore. Commencement is expected during October 2011. The estimated contract value for the program is from US$18-25 million, including mobilization fees. Gary W....
ZUG, Switzerland, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) today announced that a subsidiary has exercised its option with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. ("HHI") for the construction of an additional ultra-deepwater drillship, the fourth such drillship to be ordered this year subject to the parties executing an agreed form of construction contract, which is expected to occur within the next several weeks. The additional ultra-deepwater drillship, to be named at a later...
HOUSTON, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Offshore, Ltd. (Oslo Bors: NOF.OL) today announced that its subsidiary, Northern Offshore U.K. Limited, was awarded a contract from Maersk Olie og Gas AS ("Maersk"), for the jackup Energy Enhancer. The award is subject to approval by the Danish Energy Authority. The contract, for operations in the Danish Sector of the North Sea, has an initial duration of one year and is scheduled to commence in early 2012. Maersk has options to extend the...
HOUSTON, Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Offshore, Ltd. (Oslo Bors: NOF.OL) reported net income for the three months ended June 30, 2011 of US$4.6 million, or US$0.03 per diluted share. This compares to a net loss of US$0.5 million, or US$0.0 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2010. Revenues for the second quarter of 2011 were US$49.9 million compared to US$48.9 million for the second quarter of 2010. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, net income was US$7.0 million or...
ZUG, Switzerland, Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) today announced that the Company has exercised options with Sembcorp Marine's subsidiary Jurong Shipyard for the construction of two additional high-specification heavy duty, harsh environment JU3000N jackup drilling rigs. This order will bring to six the total number of new jackup rigs the Company will have under construction with the Jurong Shipyard. David W. Williams, Chairman, President and Chief Executive...
HOUSTON, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rowan Companies, Inc. ("Rowan" or the "Company") (NYSE: RDC) announced today that it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the "Agreement") with Ensign United States Drilling (S.W.) Inc., a subsidiary of Ensign Energy Services Inc.("Ensign"), to sell Rowan's land drilling division for $510 million in cash, plus working capital of approximately $30 million. The Agreement is subject only to regulatory approval, which the Company expects to...
