Rigzone tracks the worldwide offshore rig fleet through its proprietary RigLogix database, and we make some of the key rig fleet data available to you here. You'll find information on offshore rig utilization, day rates, contracts, equipment specs, and much more.
| Statistics for the primary segments of the competitive offshore rig fleet. |
| Month | Drillships | Jackups | Semisubs | ||||||
| February 2010 | 42 | 46 | 91.3% | 293 | 361 | 81.2% | 145 | 168 | 86.3% |
| January 2010 | 43 | 45 | 95.6% | 287 | 359 | 79.9% | 143 | 168 | 85.1% |
| December 2009 | 42 | 45 | 93.3% | 286 | 357 | 80.1% | 145 | 167 | 86.8% |
| November 2009 | 43 | 45 | 95.6% | 278 | 353 | 78.8% | 144 | 167 | 86.2% |
| October 2009 | 41 | 44 | 93.2% | 283 | 350 | 80.9% | 142 | 166 | 85.5% |
| September 2009 | 40 | 44 | 90.9% | 277 | 348 | 79.6% | 142 | 163 | 87.1% |
Leiv Eiriksson |
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2010 Q1 Land Rig Review:
Full Steam Ahead
This five-part series of analyses takes a close look at the land rig market recovery
that is currently underway in North America.
- Accelerating Land Rig Count Underscores a Strong Recovery (480kb PDF)
- Rebound Predicated on Oil/Horizontal Trends (600kb PDF)
- Land Rig Utilization Trends (480kb PDF)
- North Dakota and the Bakken Shale Rig Fleet Profile (1MB PDF)
- Land Rig Fleet Investment Trends, Earnings Season Highlights (610kb PDF)
2009 In Review & 2010 Outlook:
Auld Lang Syne '09
This six-part series follows the 2009 trends and key predictions for the drilling market in 2010.
- 2009 Floater Market Review (1MB PDF)
- 2010 Floater Market Outlook (1.1MB PDF)
- 2009 Jackup Market Review (1.5MB PDF)
- 2010 Jackup Market Outlook (1.3MB PDF)
- 2009 Land Rig Market Review (1.3MB PDF)
- 2010 Land Rig Market Outlook (1.3MB PDF)
Cobalt International has sublet the Ocean Monarch, a 5th gen semisub, from Anadarko to drill its North Platte prospect. The rig is expected to move on location in early May after wrapping up operations on Marathon's Flying Dutchman prospect in Green Canyon 511. North Platte is located in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico in Garden Banks Block 959. The subsalt well has a planned total depth of 35,000'. Cobalt also has an option to use the Ocean Monarch to drill a second exploration well.
The Songa Saturn, a mid-water drillship, is preparing to spud its second well for CNOOC offshore Equatorial Guinea. The dayrate for the second well decreases from the low-$450s to the low-$250s. Once the contract with CNOOC has been completed, the rig will demobilize to Malta if follow-on work has not been secured.
The Kan Tan IV has arrived in New Zealand and is preparing to spud AWE's Hoki-1 exploration well in the Taranaki Basin. This is the first well of a three-well program that AWE is planning to drill offshore New Zealand. The other two wells will be drilled in the area near the Tui Field.
The Songa Mercur, a mid-water floater, has received a six-month contract for work offshore Sakhalin Island during the 2010 summer season. Once the rig completes its SPS survey in Singapore it will head to Russia at the beginning of May. The firm portion of the contract is 180 days and includes mobilization and demobilization. Once the rig completes the Sakhalin work it will return to Singapore. The dayrate for the work is in the mid-$310s.
The Noble Lorris Bouzigard, a deepwater semisub, has successfully completed two wells at LLOG's Mandy prospect in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. The rig is now preparing to drill the Who Dat prospect. The rig is contracted to LLOG through June 2011.
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