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Ensco locks in BP drilling contract

ENSCO International has secured a five-year drilling contract with BP for a new ultra deepwater drillship that adds more than $US1 billion ($A959 million) to the drilling company's revenue backlog.

Marija Stojkovic

The Ensco DS-6 drillship, built by Samsung Heavy Industries' shipyard in South Korea, has been contracted at a day rate of about $522,000 plus cost adjustments. The five-year contract includes two one-year...

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