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	3/8/2010 - WEST ORION SET FOR DELIVERY IN Q2 2010
WEST ORION, under construction by Jurong Shipyard for Seadrill Limited is on track for delivery in early Q2 2010. Upon delivery, WEST ORION will commence a six-year contract with Petrobras for development drilling operations offshore Brazil. WEST TAURUS, the second rig delivered to Seadrill by Jurong Shipyard, is also on a six-year charter with Petrobras. WEST ORION is one of twelve Friede and Goldman (F&G) ExD Class semi-submersible ultradeepwater drilling units built by Jurong Shipyard. Six of these F&G semisubmersible units had been successfully delivered by the yard. The dynamic-positioning semi-submersible is engineered for deep drilling capabilities of up to 37,500 feet in dynamic positioning mode in ultra-deepwater up to 10,000 FSW (3,049 MSW).

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