Ocean Rig UDW Inc. Announces Agreement to Postpone Delivery of Newbuilding Drillship Ocean Rig Crete
June 29 2018 - 9:00AM
Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (NASDAQ:ORIG), (“Ocean Rig” or the “Company”),
an international contractor of offshore deepwater drilling
services, today announced that its subsidiary that is party to the
shipbuilding contract for the construction of its 8th generation
enhanced integrated design newbuilding drillship, the Ocean Rig
Crete, reached an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries (“SHI”)
to postpone the delivery of the Ocean Rig Crete to September 2020.
Under the agreement reached with SHI the
expected delivery date will be September 30, 2020 but may be
brought forward at the option of the Company. As part of the
agreement, the Company will make a $22.25 million payment to the
yard within July 2018 against the remaining yard installments.
Mr. Pankaj Khanna, President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, commented:
“We are pleased to have reached an agreement to
postpone the delivery of the Ocean Rig Crete to September 2020. We
appreciate the support of Samsung Heavy Industries and the
continuing strategic partnership involving the construction of
eleven drillships. With oil prices increasing to above $70 per
barrel, the terms agreed with Samsung Heavy Industries provide
substantial optionality and leverage to a market that is expected
to be significantly improved when the Ocean Rig Crete is delivered
to us. As a reminder, the Ocean Rig Crete is an 8th generation
enhanced integrated design drillship, is one of the most
technologically advanced drillships in the world with a 2.8 million
pound hook load, 2 BOPs and 6 mud pumps and may be equipped to
drill in water depths of up to 4,000 meters.”
About Ocean Rig UDW Inc.
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.
Ocean Rig’s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ
Global Select Market where it trades under the symbol “ORIG.”
Visit the Company’s website at
www.ocean-rig.com
Forward-Looking
Statement
Matters discussed in this release may constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for
forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to
provide prospective information about their business. The Company
desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including
this cautionary statement in connection with such safe harbor
legislation.
Forward-looking statements relate to Ocean Rig’s
expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the
future. These statements may be identified by the use of words like
“anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,”
“plan,” “project,” “should,” “seek,” and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements reflect Ocean Rig’s current views and
assumptions with respect to future events and are subject to risks
and uncertainties.
The forward-looking statements in this release
are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in
turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation,
management’s examination of historical operating trends, data
contained in Ocean Rig’s records and other data available from
third parties. Although Ocean Rig believes that these assumptions
were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently
subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are
difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond Ocean Rig’s
control, Ocean Rig cannot assure you that it will achieve or
accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections described in
the forward- looking statements contained herein. Actual and future
results and trends could differ materially from those set forth in
such statements.
Important factors that, in Ocean Rig’s view,
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
discussed in the forward-looking statements include factors related
to (i) the offshore drilling market, including supply and demand,
utilization, day rates and customer drilling programs, commodity
prices, effects of new rigs and drillships on the market and
effects of declines in commodity process and downturns in the
global economy on the market outlook for our various geographical
operating sectors and classes of rigs and drillships; (ii) hazards
inherent in the drilling industry and marine operations causing
personal injury or loss of life, severe damage to or destruction of
property and equipment, pollution or environmental damage, claims
by third parties or customers and suspension of operations; (iii)
newbuildings, upgrades, and shipyard and other capital projects;
(iv) changes in laws and governmental regulations, particularly
with respect to environmental matters; (v) the availability of
competing offshore drilling vessels; (vi) political and other
uncertainties, including risks of terrorist acts, war and civil
disturbances; piracy; significant governmental influence over many
aspects of local economies, seizure; nationalization or
expropriation of property or equipment; repudiation, nullification,
modification or renegotiation of contracts; limitations on
insurance coverage, such as war risk coverage, in certain areas;
political unrest; foreign and U.S. monetary policy and foreign
currency fluctuations and devaluations; the inability to repatriate
income or capital; complications associated with repairing and
replacing equipment in remote locations; import-export quotas, wage
and price controls imposition of trade barriers; regulatory or
financial requirements to comply with foreign bureaucratic actions;
changing taxation policies; and other forms of government
regulation and economic conditions that are beyond our control;
(vii) the performance of our rigs; (viii) our new capital
structure; (ix) our ability to procure or have access to financing
and our ability to comply with covenants in documents governing our
debt; (x) our substantial leverage, including our ability to
generate sufficient cash flow to service our existing debt and the
incurrence of substantial indebtedness in the future; (xi) our
ability to successfully employ our drilling units our customer
contracts, including contract backlog, contract commencements and
contract terminations; (xii) our capital expenditures, including
the timing and cost of completion of capital projects; (xiii) our
revenues and expenses; (xiv) complications associated with
repairing and replacing equipment in remote locations; and (xv)
regulatory or financial requirements to comply with foreign
bureaucratic actions, including potential limitations on drilling
activities; (xvi) any litigation or adverse actions that may arise
from our recently completed financial restructuring. Due to such
uncertainties and risks, investors are cautioned not to place undue
reliance upon such forward-looking statements.
Risks and uncertainties are further described in
reports of Ocean Rig filed with or submitted to the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recently
filed Annual Report on Form 20-F.
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