DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2007--ENSCO International
Incorporated (NYSE:ESV) announced today that its Contract Status of
Offshore Rig Fleet Report has been updated as of September 14, 2007.
The Report is available on the Company's website at
http://www.enscous.com and can be accessed from the home page by
clicking on "Rig Contract Status." The Report also can be accessed
through the SEC EDGAR System. The Company updates and files the Report
with the SEC on Form 8-K on or about the 15th of each month.
Statements contained in the Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet
Report, including information regarding the Company's estimated rig
availability, contract duration or future day rates, customers or
contract status (including letters of intent) are forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Such forward-looking statements include references to estimated
rig availability, future day rates, customers, contract duration or
rig utilization. It is important to note that our actual results could
differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking
statements. The factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the
following: (i) industry conditions and competition, including changes
in rig supply and demand or new technology, (ii) cyclical nature of
the industry, (iii) worldwide expenditures for oil and gas drilling,
(iv) operational risks, including hazards created by severe storms and
hurricanes, (v) risks associated with offshore rig operations or, rig
relocations in general, and in foreign jurisdictions in particular,
(vi) renegotiation, nullification, or breach of contracts or letters
of intent with customers or other parties, (vii) changes in the dates
our rigs undergoing shipyard construction work, repairs or enhancement
will enter a shipyard, return to or enter service, (viii) risks
inherent to domestic and foreign shipyard rig construction, rig repair
or rig enhancement, (ix) unavailability of transport vessels to
relocate rigs, (x) environmental or other liabilities, risks, or
losses including hurricane related equipment damage, loss or wreckage
or debris removal in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, that may arise in the
future which are not covered by insurance or indemnity in whole or in
part, (xi) the impact of current and future laws and government
regulation affecting the oil and gas industry in general including
taxation, our operations in particular, as well as repeal or
modification of same, (xii) political and economic uncertainty, (xiii)
limited availability of economic insurance coverage for certain perils
such as hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico or removal of wreckage or
debris, (xiv) self-imposed or regulatory limitations on jackup rig
drilling locations in the Gulf of Mexico during hurricane season, (xv)
our availability to attract and retain skilled or other personnel,
(xvi) excess rig availability or supply resulting from delivery of new
drilling units, (xvii) heavy concentration of our rig fleet in premium
jackups, (xviii) terrorism or military action impacting our operations
or financial performance, and (xix) other risks described from time to
time as Risk Factors and otherwise in the Company's SEC filings.
Copies of such SEC filings may be obtained at no charge by contacting
our investor relations department at 214-397-3045 or by referring to
the investor relations section of our website at
http://www.enscous.com.
Information in the Reports is as of the date posted. The Company
undertakes no duty to update the contents of the Contract Status of
Offshore Rig Fleet Reports or any forward-looking statement contained
therein to conform the statement to actual results or to reflect
changes in the Company's expectations.
ENSCO, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, owns and operates a modern
fleet of offshore drilling rigs servicing the petroleum industry on a
global basis.
CONTACT: ENSCO International Incorporated, Dallas
Richard LeBlanc, 214-397-3011
SOURCE: ENSCO International Incorporated