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Seadrill has entered into an agreement for the construction of two jack-up drilling rigs with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd (DSIC) in
In addition, Seadrill has option agreements for construction of further two similar units with DSIC.
The two rigs ordered from
Alf C Thorkildsen, Chief Executive Officer in Seadrill Management AS, says," We expect market and conditions for premium jack-up rigs to continue to improve. These newbuild orders position our Company to meet the demand from our customers and further strengthen our position as the leading operator of modern, high quality offshore drilling units. Our jack-up rig fleet will, including the recent acquisition of Scorpion and the two recently ordered rigs from Jurong, constitutes the world largest modern jack-up fleet with a total of 18 units built after 2006."
From http://rigzone.com/ (2010.11.15)