Maersk signs $100 mln drilling order in Africa

Reuters, Saturday 22 Sep 2012

Danish oil and shipping group AP Moller-Maersk said Friday its drilling unit, Maersk Drilling, had signed a two-year rig contract worth around $100 million in Cameroon.

The group said in a statement the contract was for the jack-up rig Maersk Endurer and had been signed with China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec).

The expected commencement is late October 2012, Maersk Drilling said in the statement.

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