Noble Drilling’s semisubmersible, Noble Jim Thompson is currently on location at Viosca Knoll Block 946 in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for testing and commissioning work. The rig left Friede Goldman shipyard earlier this month and is the second EVA-4000 semisub conversion to be completed.
[pdf] Our Egyptian-Chinese petroleum company, EPHH, has achieved a significant milestone by manufacturing the first onshore drilling rig with Egyptian hands at our factory in Ain Sokhna, under the guidance of the Egyptian state and the instructions of Engineer Tarek El Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
[pdf] • : The said it was monitoring events in Vietnam closely, and urged restraint from all parties. Secretary of State , who is also a former , said the United States is "deeply concerned" that China has placed an oil rig in an area of the South China Sea also claimed by Vietnam, adding that the move was "provocative" and "aggressive".
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