Don’t touch that dial boys and girls!..according to my research here are all the drillships ordered between mid January and yesterday:
[U]1. Aker Drilling ASA[/U]
[I]Two ships at Daewoo due in Oct. & Dec. 2013 w/ options for two additional ships[/I]
[U]2. Atwood Oceanics[/U]
[I]One ship at Daewoo due in Sept. 2013 w/ options for two additonal ships[/I]
[U]3. Diamond Offshore[/U]
[I]Two ships at Hyundai due in 4Q of 2013 & 2Q of 2014 [/I]
[U]4. Fred Olsen Energy[/U]
[I]One ship at Hyundai due in Feb. 2013 w/ option for one additional ship[/I]
[U]5. Maersk Drilling[/U]
[I]Four ships at Samsung due in 3Q & 4Q 2013 and 2Q & 4Q 2014[/I]
[U]6. Noble Drilling[/U]
[I]One ship at Hyundai due in 2Q 2014 w/ option for one additional ship[/I]
[U]7.Ocean Rig[/U]
[I]Two ships at Samsung due in July and Oct. 2013.[/I]
[U]8. Rowan Drilling[/U]
[I]Two ships at Hyundai both due in 2H of 2013 w/ option for one additional ship[/I]
[U]9. SeaDrill[/U]
[I]Two ships at Samsung due in 3Q 2013 w/ options for two additional ships[/I]
[U]10. Vantage Drilling[/U]
[I]One ship at Daewoo due in May 2013 w/ option for one additional ship[/I]
As unreal at it seems, that’s 16 ships due between now and 4Q 2014 with options for 10 more and this on top of probably 30 more that were already contracted to be built and in various stages of construction.
[B]Mother of God in heaven above…where are they all going to work and more important, where in the name of hell are they going to find people to operate these?[/B]