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(8%) on order, of which 118 units are

Vessels

According to shipbrokers Westshore, scheduled for delivery by end 2014. there are a number of new rigs coming

Of the total ? eet, 543 (28%) are older into the North Sea that will drive activity. than 25 years and mainly “non-com-

The ? rst of Maersk Drilling’s four XL petitive,” consisting 412 small AHTSs

Enhanced jackups (OE: May 2013), the (29% of the small-size ? eet) and 131

Maersk Intrepid, is enroute to work for mid-size AHTSs (24% of the mid-size

Total’s Martin Linge in the Norwegian ? eet).

sector. The next in the quartet will arrive 4Q 2014. Other rigs coming in are Noble

Challenges and opportunities,

Corporation’s Noble Sam Turner jackup, from Indonesia to Brazil to work in Denmark, Diamond O