by the numbers
Recent GOM Drilling Permits
These are the most recent Gulf of Mexico drilling plans filed with the MMS. Date/ Operator 2/15/2008 Energy Partners, Ltd. 2/14/2008 Apache Corporation 2/11/2008 Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corporation Water Depth Floating Rigs Rig Type Drillship < 4000' WD Drillship 4000'+ WD Semisub < 1500' WD Semisub 1500'+ WD Semisub 4000'+ WD Jackup Rigs Rig Type Jackup IC < 250' WD Jackup IC 250' WD Jackup IC 300' WD Jackup IC 300'+ WD Jackup IS < 250' WD Jackup IS 250' WD Jackup IS 300' WD Jackup IS 300'+ WD Jackup MC < 200' WD Jackup MC 200'+ WD Jackup MS < 200' WD Jackup MS 200'+ WD Other Offshore Rigs Rig Type Drill Barge < 150' WD Drill Barge 150'+ WD Inland Barge Platform Rig Submersible Tender
Offshore Rig Day Rates
Rigs Working 9 rigs 22 rigs 15 rigs 72 rigs 52 rigs Total Rig Fleet 11 rigs 28 rigs 23 rigs 87 rigs 61 rigs Average Day Rate $260,160.00 $299,378.26 $257,400.00 $283,535.94 $309,750.00
Block
ST 46
71 ft
EW 826
483 ft
EB 688
3,788 ft
2/8/2008 Nippon Oil Exploration U.S.A. Limited SM 41 2/8/2008 ATP Oil & Gas Corporation 2/6/2008 Nippon Oil Exploration U.S.A. Ltd. 2/6/2008 Contango Operators, Inc. 2/6/2008 Nexen Petroleum U.S.A. Inc. 2/5/2008 Merit Energy Company 2/5/2008 W & T Offshore, Inc.
104 ft
HI
477 ft
WC 552
190 ft
Rigs Working 37 rigs 52 rigs 110 rigs 85 rigs 6 rigs 9 rigs 5 rigs 3 rigs 7 rigs 23 rigs 2 rigs 16 rigs
Total Rig Fleet 48 rigs 63 rigs 121 rigs 90 rigs 7 rigs 11 rigs 5 rigs 3 rigs 16 rigs 29 rigs 3 rigs 23 rigs
Average Day Rate $111,166.67 $121,687.67 $140,503.49 $180,155.00 $45,000.00 $119,500.00 $79,333.33 $87,000.00 $52,583.33 $83,513.64 -$71,131.43
HI
78 ft
GC 6
650 ft
MU
229 ft
Rigs Working 25 rigs 8 rigs 51 rigs 166 rigs 4 rigs 20 rigs
Total Rig Fleet 38 rigs 10 rigs 90 rigs 253 rigs 7 rigs 27 rigs
Average Day Rate $43,000.00 $77,000.00 $46,995.60 $35,640.63 $59,250.00 $84,083.33
HI 38
38 ft
Source: Rigzone
Source: Rigzone Date/ Operator
Most Recent GOM Exploration & Construction Plans
These are the most recent Gulf of Mexico exploration and construction plans filed with the MMS. Plan Type Block Water Depth Date/ Operator Plan Type Block Water Depth
Offshore Rig Utilization by Type
Drill Barge Drillship Inland Barge Jackup Semisub Submersible Tender 90.9% 83.3% 100.0% 88% 82.3% 66.7% 80.0% (10/11) (30/36) (4/4) (324/368) (130/158) (4/6) (20/25) Source: Rigzone
2/14/2008 Murphy E&P Company 2/14/2008 Murphy E&P Company 2/13/2008 Newfield Exploration Co. 2/12/2008 Northstar GOM, LLC 2/11/2008 W & T Offshore, Inc. 2/11/2008 Bois d'Arc Offshore Ltd.
EP
LL 499
9,824 ft
2/8/2008 Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
EP
WR 316
6,780 ft
EP
MC 538
2,290 ft
2/7/2008 Newfield Exploration Co. DOCD 2/7/2008 BP E&P Inc.
VR 217
122 ft
EP
MC 800
3,326 ft
EP
GC 823
4,524 ft
EP
EI 31
20 ft
2/7/2008 Energy Resource Tech GOMDOCD
SS 224
161 ft
EP
MP 198
174 ft
EP
ST 74
63 ft
Source: Rigzone
48 MN
March 2008