Friday, October 28, 2011

Gulf rigs adrift, one unaccounted for, in aftermath of Ike - Dallas Business Journal:

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According to the and , one semisub, the belonging to Houston-based (NYSE: RIG), was reported to be two milews north of its mooring The rig, which sustained minor damagew during Hurricane Gustav, appears undamaged. The owner of the otherd adrift rig has notbeen disclosed. Of the nine otherr semisubs in the pathof Ike, six belong to Houston-basefd (NYSE: DO). The companu reported to the MMS that all its rigsmaintainedd station, though the jackup Ocean Tower lost its entire drilling package, likel putting it out of service for a year. Houston-based NE) owns the other three, and has yet to give an officiaplfleet update.
“MMS is closely monitoring these and they have been relativelh stationary forseveral hours,” says Lars regional director, MMS Gulf of Mexico “We expect tugs to be on location to secure the rigs as soon as sea conditions Dallas-based (NYSE: ESV) has been unabls to locate its ENSCO 74, one of five Ensco jackups that were exposed to hurricane-force The 74 was the farthest and closest to the path of Ike. The MMS reportesd Sunday that about 10 of theapproximately 3,80 platforms in the area were damaged by Ike, basee on flyovers of the area. San Ramon, Calif.
-based (NYSE: CVX) reported Sunday that several of its production facilities in the Gulf had been and damage assessments wereunder way.

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