Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (Ocean Rig), a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, has signed a contract to construct a 7th Generation Ultra Deepwater Drillship at Samsung Heavy Industries.
This 7th Generation drillship is a sister ship to the three currently under construction at Samsung, and is scheduled to be delivered to the company in January 2015.
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Ocean Rig owns and operates 10 offshore ultra deepwater drilling units, comprising of 2 ultra deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs and 8 ultra deepwater drillships, 3 of which remain to be delivered to the company during 2013 and one in 2015.
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Press Release, October 15, 2012; Image: ocean-rig