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		Rig Damage Assessment Report

19 Rigs Impacted by Hurricane Rita

Status	Manager	Rig Name	Rig Type	Location	Year Built	Operator	Notes
Major Damage	Foresight Group	Foresight Driller VII	Jackup		1983		Rig sustained severe damage. Ran aground in shallow waters offshore Louisiana.
Major Damage	Global Petro Tech	Global Pearl	Jackup	Port Khalid	1980		Rig sustained severe damage. Ran aground in shallow waters offshore Louisiana.
Major Damage	Noble Drilling	Noble Joe Alford	Submersible	West Cameron 29	1982		Rig drifted approx. 8 miles from original location. Damage comprised of bent or broken support members below the hull
Major Damage	Noble Drilling	Noble Max Smith	Semisub		1999	Shell	Rig drifted 123 miles off location. Principal damage is a hole approx. 8'x20' in its starboard outboard column at the 96' level, a crossover deck on the starboard side, and the main deck outboard of an anchor winch.
Major Damage	Rowan	Rowan Louisiana	Jackup	Vermilion 356	1975	Pisces	The hull apparently detached from its legs and is aground offshore Louisiana.
Minor Damage	Diamond Offshore	Ocean Saratoga	Semisub	Mississippi Canyon 583	1976	Walter O&G	Rig grounded in 35 feet of water on Vermilion 111.
Minor Damage	Diamond Offshore	Ocean Star	Semisub		1974	OGX	Rig grounded in approximately 35 feet of water in Eugene Island 142.
Minor Damage	ENSCO	ENSCO 68	Jackup	South Marsh 90	1976	Chevron	Drill floor shifted.
Minor Damage	ENSCO	ENSCO 69	Jackup	Pt of Sabine Pass	1976		Skid-off drilling package shifted on the oil company platform.
Minor Damage	ENSCO	ENSCO 90	Jackup	South Timbalier 54	1982	Energy XXI	Rig is listing on location at South Marsh 130.
Minor Damage	Hercules Offshore	Hercules 120	Jackup	South Timbalier 37	1958	Chevron	Rig listing on Main Pass 41.
Minor Damage	Nabors Offshore	Barge 300	Inland Barge	Pt of Houma			Rig sumberged on location - sustained water damage to the electrical, power, mud pump and other systems. Will be moved to a shipyard for repairs
Minor Damage	Nabors Offshore	Pool 54	Jackup	West Cameron 130	1982	ENI (NOC)	Mast was blown over but Nabors has a substitute mast available and should be able to return the rig to service in a few weeks.
Minor Damage	Noble Drilling	Noble Lorris Bouzigard	Semisub	West Cameron 37	1975		Broke at least one of its 10 mooring lines, with the remaining lines holding the unit in position approximately 0.8 of a mile off its original location.
Adrift	Noble Drilling	Noble Amos Runner	Semisub		1999	LLOG	Rig drifted 75 miles off location.
Adrift	Noble Drilling	Noble Paul Romano	Semisub		1998		Rig Drifted 118 miles off location.
Adrift	Noble Drilling	Noble Therald Martin	Semisub		1977	Petrobras (NOC)	Rig drifted 89 miles off location
Adrift	Transocean Ltd.	Deepwater Nautilus	Semisub	Mississippi Canyon 393	2000	Shell	Moved 40 miles south of pre-storm locaiton. Rig was in process of being moved when tow line broke
Adrift	Transocean Ltd.	Transocean Marianas	Semisub	Wingat-1	1998	HRT Participacoes em Petroleo S.A.	Moved 130 miles northwest of pre-storm location

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