The semi-submersible Ocean Patriot is finishing up a final well with Santos on the Casino-Henry field and is expected to spud the first of four exploration wells for Apache this year in a few weeks' time.
The same semisub will then begin, from late December, a two-year stint with Apache up until late December 2010 at a dayrate of between US$380,000 and $420,000.
Altogether,
