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  1. US drilling rig count slips 3 units

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    Fri, 25 May 2012

    There were a total of 1,983 oil and gas drilling rigs working in the US this week, down by 3 units from last week. The rig count for the week ended May 25 was up by 136 rigs compared …

  2. US drilling rig count gains 12 units to reach 1,986

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    Fri, 18 May 2012

    There were a total of 1,986 oil and gas drilling rigs working in the US this week, up by 12 units from last week. The rig count for the week ended May 18 was up by 156 rigs compared …

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  1. Special Report: Improved oil, gas demand, price forecasts raise drilling rig trend

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    Mon, 9 Nov 2009

    The US working drilling rig count has started to reverse its ..... Table 2 shows that the 2009 active drilling rig fleet for the top 25 drilling contractors ..... begins receiving the 28 new offshore drilling rigs it plans to have built (OGJ Online …

  2. Drillers use mobile drilling rigs , multinational workforce, to improve operations

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    Mon, 22 Jun 1998

    … using highly mobile drilling rigs to deal with tough ..... describes three classes of drilling rigs designed for fast rig ..... oil reserves. Mobile drilling rigs Santa Fe International ..... company uses three desert drilling - rig moving systems: Integral …

  3. Seismic activity now lags drilling rigs , analysts say

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    Fri, 10 Nov 2000

    … rose high enough to begin driving the drilling rig count. The backlog of prospects then ..... relationship between seismic crews and drilling rigs , then the excess amount of drillable ..... Adkins and Rollyson expect "an exploding drilling rig count" to eventually work off of the …

  5. US drilling rig count gains 21 units to above 2,000

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    Fri, 20 Jan 2012

    US oil and gas drilling rig activity this week increased by 21 units to reach 2,008 total ..... for oil made a 32-unit leap from a week ago to reach 1,223 drilling . Rigs drilling for gas for the week ended Jan. 20 lost 11 rigs to reach …

  6. US drilling rig count unchanged at 2,008 units

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    Fri, 27 Jan 2012

    US oil and gas drilling rig activity this week remained unchanged at 2,008 total rigs working ..... for oil made a 2-unit rise from a week ago to reach 1,225 drilling . Rigs drilling for gas for the week ended Jan. 27 lost 3 rigs to reach …

  7. Cosco (Nantong) to build two jack up drilling rigs

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    Thu, 26 May 2011

    … Cosco (Nantong) Shipyard Co. Ltd. secured a $356 million contract from KS Drilling Pte Ltd. to build two jack up drilling rigs based on the LeTourneau Workhorse Class design. The rigs will be capable of drilling to 35,000 ft in 400 ft of water and …

  8. Sevan Group plans new company; tentatively orders rigs

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    Tue, 29 Mar 2011

    … ASA, to expand its ultradeepwater drilling rig business, and has ordered two semisubmersible drilling rigs , although the construction contract ..... world’s first deepwater circular drilling rig , was designed to drill to 40,000 …

  9. Clustered Wells, Skiddable Rigs Allow Drillers Access To Heavy-Oil Deposits

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    Mon, 19 Oct 1998

    … 2,000-hp, skiddable drilling rig for batch drilling operations ..... Orinoco (Fig. 1). Skiddable drilling rigs , clustered well locations ..... well paths and skiddable drilling rigs to optimize reservoir drainage ..... 092 bytes]) . A smaller drilling rig is used for this work. Next …

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