International Association of Drilling Contractors, Alaska Chapter, Rig Awards for 1998

Parker Drilling Co. of Alaska; Best Record of Land, Incident Rate 0

Pool Arctic Alaska; Best Record for Water, Incident Rate 2.22

Schlumberger Dowell of Alaska; Best Record for Land, under 500,000, Incident Rate 0

Nabors Alaska Drilling; Best Record for Land, over 500,000 Hours, Incident Rate 0.18

52 Plaques were awarded in January to:

Nabors Alaska Drillingnhghggffddf: Rig 2ES — 1,393 days (Operator SSD); Rig 18E — 1,846 days (Operator SSD); Rig 4ES — 1,269 days (Operator SSD); Rig 3S — 1,569 days (Operator ARCO Alaska); Rig 22E — 922 days (Operator SSD); Rig 27E — 900 days (Operator SSD); Rig 28E — 735 days (Operator SSD); Rig 160 — 1,659 days (Operator Marathon); Rig 5S — 421 days (Operator BP); Rig 33E — 469 days (Operator SSD)

Parker Drilling Co., Alaska Division Rig 245 — 1,341 days (Operator ARCO Alaska)

Pool Arctic Alaska Drilling: Rig 6 — 834 days (Operator ARCO Alaska and SSD) 3 plaques; Rig 7 — 1,109 days (Operator SSD); Rig 428 — 1,416 days (Operator Unocal and Phillips Petroleum) 3 plaques

Doyon Drilling Inc.: Rig 9 — 485 days (Operator SSD); Rig 14 — 732 days (Operator SSD); Rig 15 — 753 days (Operator SSD; Rig 141 — 426 days (Operator ARCO Alaska)

Schlumberger Dowell: CT Unit 4 — 1,641 days (Operator ARCO Alaska); CT Unit 7 — 789 days (Operator BP)

Nordic Calista Services: Rig 1 — 822 days (Operator BP); Rig 2 — 661 days (Operator ARCO Alaska)

The Associated Press contributed to these news items