Ensco 56 had been held up at Port Taranaki due to inconvenient weather. It had been towed from Tasman Bay/Nelson to a new drilling site off Awakino but the forecast held the rig in at Port. Ensco 56 was moved on the 26th August and has headed to Awakino to start drilling again.Originally, Ensco 56 is the same rig that drilled the Pohokura production wells off Motunui and has been contracted to drill the Awakino South Exploration well for a Singapore based company STP Energy. Following this the rig will then move to another location in the Exploration licence area to drill another well (Kahu 1). Welcome back Ensco 56!
