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Offshore rig demand up by two



By Upstream staff 

Worldwide offshore contracted rigs grew by two this week with 614 of 685 rigs under contract, the ODS-Petrodata Group’s weekly survey released today showed.

Worldwide offshore rig fleet utilisation is 89.6%.

In the US Gulf, utilisation remained at 80% with 100 rigs under contract out of 125.

Offshore rig counts remained unchanged this week.

In Europe, offshore rig utilisation is 100% with 99 mobile offshore drilling units in use.

In South America, offshore drilling fleet size and number of rigs under contract are unchanged this week, with 68 rigs out of 92 available under contract, fleet utilisation is 73.9%.

In the Asia/Australia region, the number of rigs under contract rose by one this week, thanks to a new jack-up contract, with 100 out of 103 available offshore rigs under contract, fleet utilisation stands at 97.1%.

In West Africa, the offshore rig fleet size and the number of contracted rigs are unchanged, wth 57 rigs out of 58 available under contract, utilisation remains at 98.3%.


Friday, 25 April, 2008, 19:09 GMT  | last updated: Friday, 25 April, 2008, 19:09 GMT

Rig demand: ODS-Petrodata Group's weekly offshore rig count
 

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