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Welcome to the Rigzone Rig Data Center

Rigzone tracks the worldwide offshore rig fleet through its proprietary RigLogix database, and we make some of the key rig fleet data available to you here. You'll find information on offshore rig utilization, day rates, contracts, equipment specs, and much more.

Worldwide Offshore Rig Utilization
Statistics for the primary segments of the competitive offshore rig fleet.
Month Drillships Jackups Semisubs
May 2009 38 41 92.7% 308 371 83.0% 146 166 88.0%
April 2009 36 41 87.8% 312 370 84.3% 144 165 87.3%
March 2009 35 40 87.5% 315 369 85.4% 147 165 89.1%
February 2009 34 39 87.2% 318 367 86.6% 144 164 87.8%
January 2009 34 39 87.2% 323 365 88.5% 145 161 90.1%
December 2008 35 39 89.7% 329 362 90.9% 146 158 92.4%
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Offshore Rig Utilization Last 12 Months Utilization Graph Legend


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Recent Offshore Rig Activity Notes Sample
Below is a sample of the 28 rig activity notes from the last week available to RigLogix subscribers.
June 18   |   Astra   |   118 ft.   Jackup
Dragon Oil has contracted the Astra jackup to drill two wells in Turkmenistan sector of the Caspian Sea. The contract is scheduled to start in November 2009 and has a duration of six months.

June 24   |   Belford Dolphin   |   10,000 ft.   Drillship
The Belford Dolphin, which drilled Anadarko's Samurai discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, will set sail for West Africa next week. The rig is expected to arrive at its first assignment offshore Sierra Leone in early August. Then the rig will move to Cote d'Ivoire for one well which will then be followed by a multi-well program offshore Mozambique.

June 23   |   Noble Danny Adkins   |   12,000 ft.   Semisub
The delivery date for the Noble Danny Adkins has been pushed back to October 2009. Noble is in discussions with Shell for an extension of the delivery date. The rig will head to the Gulf of Mexico upon departure from the shipyard.

June 16   |   Bredford Dolphin   |   1,500 ft.   Semisub
The Bredford Dolphin has received a letter of agreement from RWE Dea Norge for a 160-day contract for work offshore Norway valued at US $69MM. This contract would be in direct continuation of the rig's current assignment. The rig's current operator, AGR Petroleum, has until the end of June to declare an 80-day option that it holds on the rig.

June 25   |   Doo Sung   |   1,500 ft.   Semisub
The Doo Sung has arrived on location at Gazflot's Kyrinsky-2 exploration well offshore Russia. The rig's contract with Gazflot is for a total of four wells. Two wells each will be drilled between June - October 2009 and June - October 2010.

23 other rig notes were published last week that are only available to RigLogix subscribers. Subscribe today to get them all in your inbox each Friday.