Island stranded by rig losses

Island Drilling has racked up a heavy impairment on its sole rig Island Innovator and is now in difficult financial straits as the unit faces a lengthy lay-up after failing to win a renewed charter with Lundin Petroleum amid a drilling market slump.

Prolonged lay-up: for Island Innovator
Prolonged lay-up: for Island Innovator
Published 26 April 2016, 13:29Updated 30 January 2017, 09:27
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