Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (NASDAQ: ORIG) (the “Company” or “Ocean Rig”), a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, today announced that it successfully took delivery of its newbuilding drillship, the Ocean Rig Skyros, on Friday, December 20, 2013.
The drillship is currently mobilizing to offshore Angola to commence drilling operations with Total.
About Ocean Rig
Ocean Rig is an international offshore drilling contractor providing oilfield services for offshore oil and gas exploration, development and production drilling, and specializing in the ultra-deepwater and harsh-environment segment of the offshore drilling industry. The company owns and operates 11 offshore ultra deepwater drilling units, comprising of 2 ultra deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs and 9 ultra deepwater drillships, 1 of which is scheduled to be delivered to the Company during 2014 and 2 of which are scheduled to be delivered during 2015.
Ocean Rig’s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market where it trades under the symbol “ORIG”