Ocean Rig, Pacific Drilling and Seadrill have all had some order cancellations at Samsung; of Daewoo drillships, "Cobalt Explorer" was cancelled/abandoned by her original owner Vantage Drilling. Anyway, a big mess...

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Vlad

Thanks Vlad, any actual drillship cancellations that you are aware of over the past recent years?

Out of 7 drillships, at least 2 are up for delivery in the first half of this year: "Sonangol Libongos" and "Sonangol Quenguela", the latter being currently on sea trials. The others are scheduled for delivery in 2020 - and even if already completed and just waiting at the yard, they will still require some additional commissioning work to be carried out. So, beside the already mentioned two hi-spec 7th generation ultra-deepwater drillships, the others are: "Atwood Archer", "Atwood Admiral", "Cobalt Explorer", "West Vela" and "West Aquila".

All of them were postponed due to known circumstances in the offshore industry.

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Vlad

Just wondering about all those drillships in the background, have they been completed and subsequently left idle at the yard?