The three-year contract with the previously undisclosed operator for the Samsung GF12000 unit will kick off in the third quarter of 2015 at a dayrate in the low $550,000s. The DS-9 is able to work in up to 12,000 feet of water.
Cowen and Co said in a note that it understood Ensco was taking a "slightly reduced" rate to work with the independent in the region.
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