ENSCO International Updates Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet

ENSCO International Incorporated (NYSE:ESV) announced today that its Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet Report has been updated as of October 16, 2006.

The Report is available on the Company’s new and enhanced website at https://www.enscous.com and can be accessed from the home page by clicking on “Rig Contract Status.” The Report also can be accessed through the SEC EDGAR System. The Company updates and files the Report with the SEC on Form 8-K on or around the 15th of each month.

Statements contained in the Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet Reports, including information regarding the Company’s estimated rig availability, contract duration or future day rates, customers or contract status are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include references to estimated rig availability, future day rates, customers, contract duration or rig utilization. It is important to note that the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the following: (i) renegotiation or adjustment of day rates or contract duration, (ii) timing of completion of work in progress including shipyard work, (iii) actual duration of wells, (iv) letter of intent or contract cancellations, (v) early contract termination, (vi) actual timing of contract term completion, (vii) finalization, modifications or termination of commitments made orally or by letters of intent, (viii) new contracts or contract extensions, and (ix) the operational and other risks described from time to time in the Company’s SEC filings in general, and the risk factors sections of the Company’s latest annual reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q in particular. Copies of such filings may be obtained at no charge by contacting the Company’s Investor Relations Department at 214-397-3045 or the investor relations section of the Company’s website at https://www.enscous.com.