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GlobalSantaFe worldwide SCORE ends 2003 on a positive

Posted: 20 January 2004

Worldwide oil and gas drilling contractor GlobalSantaFe Corporation reported the company's worldwide SCORE, or Summary of Current Offshore Rig Economics, for December 2003 was up 2.8 per cent from the previous month's SCORE.

GlobalSantaFe's SCORE compares the profitability of current mobile offshore drilling rig dayrates to the profitability of dayrates at the 1980- 1981 peak of the offshore drilling cycle. In the 1980-1981 period, when SCORE averaged 100 per cent, new contract dayrates equaled the sum of daily cash operating costs plus approximately $700 per day per million dollars invested.

In addition to a worldwide SCORE covering key types of competitive offshore drilling rigs in key drilling markets, a separate SCORE is calculated for certain types of rigs and certain regions to indicate the relative condition of rig markets.

The release, which is made available for publication on the third Monday of each month, includes separate SCORE calculations for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, West Africa and Southeast Asia.

GlobalSantaFe is a leading worldwide oil and gas drilling contractor offering a full range of premium equipment and drilling management services. The company's diverse and technologically advanced fleet of 59 offshore rigs includes premium and heavy duty harsh environment jackups; semisubmersibles; and dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillships.

Additionally, the company has three rigs under construction. The company also has 31 land rigs and is the world's leading provider of turnkey drilling and drilling management services.

For more information see www.gsfdrill.com

For complete SCORE News Release including charts and data table see:
www.gsfdrill.com/invest/press_releases/011904sc.pdf

Posted by Richard Price, Editor Pipeline Magazine

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