$690,000 for Eirik Raude rig

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 27 January 2012 01:51 GMT

Ocean Rig is understood to have landed a $690,000 dayrate plus bonus contract for its semi-submersible drilling rig Eirik Raude off Equatorial Guinea, writes Eoin OCinneide.

Ophir Energy is paying $52 million for a three-well programme, including mobilisation and demobilisation fees.

On 23 January, Africa-focused Ophir announced that it had signed up the unit for a firm three-well contract that is expected to take 60 days to complete, with an option for one more well.

Ziad Nakhleh, chief financial officer of Ocean Rig-related shipping company DryShips, told Upstream that the dayrate inclusive of any bonus was at “the high end of the $600,000” range and “closer to $700,000”.

One Europe-based rig broker said the dayrate inclusive of bonus is understood…

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