Maersk Contractors

Maersk Contractors USA Inc has been awarded a drilling contract by Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC for lease of a deepwater development semi-submersible to operate in the Gulf of Mexico. The drilling contract has a duration of four years and will commence when the rig arrives in the US Gulf of Mexico in the summer of 2008. The mobilization from the construction yard in Singapore to the Gulf of Mexico is estimated to take 70 days.