1972 1972 headquarters copenhagen denmark number of locations angola azerbaijan brunei denmark egypt ghana malaysia singapore norway uk usa . key people claus v. hemmingsen ceo services offshore drilling services net income usd 751m 2015 number of employees 4 000 parent a.p. moller maersk group website www.maerskdrilling.com maersk drilling is a drilling rig operator based in copenhagen denmark . it is a subsidiary of the a.p. moller maersk group established in 1972 . maersk drilling is one of the a.p. moller maersk group s core businesses . 1 maersk drilling owns 24 rigs . the fleet includes five ultra harsh jack ups four xl enhanced jack ups including one newbuild which is set for delivery in late 2016 seven harsh environment jack ups four semi submersibles and four ultra deepwater drillships . 2 maersk drilling is among others a market leader in challenging norwegian jack up market with a market share of 7 out of 12 rigs 2016 . contents 1 history & facts 2 fleet information 3 innovation 3.1 xl enhanced jack ups 3.2 deepwater advanced drillships 4 references history & facts edit maersk drilling is part of the a.p. moller maersk group a worldwide conglomerate with 89 000 employees and offices in 135 countries headquartered in copenhagen denmark . the company is listed on the copenhagen stock exchange . on 21 june 1972 m rsk storm drilling company and atlantic pacific marine corporation were established with the purpose of purchasing two semi subs and two barge rigs . these were the very early days of maersk drilling . today maersk drilling s fleet includes some of the industries youngest and most advanced harsh environment jack up rigs jack ups rigs deepwater semi submersibles and ultra deepwater drillships . 3 egyptian drilling company edc is a 50 50 joint venture between maersk drilling and the egyptian general petroleum corporation . edc owns and operates a fleet of more than 60 land rigs and five jack up rigs in the middle east . maersk drilling is the 11th largest drilling contractor worldwide . maersk drilling is a market leader in the challenging norwegian jack up market with a market share of 7 out of 12 rigs 2016 . fleet information edit maersk drilling s fleet includes 5 ultra harsh environment jack ups ; 4 xl enhanced jack ups 1 newbuild ; 7 harsh environment jack ups ; 4 ultra deepwater semi submersibles ; 4 ultra deepwater drillships ; innovation edit maersk drilling has invested more than usd 8.0 bn total in eight highly advanced newbuilds delivered between 2014 2016 . the newbuilds includes 4 ultra deepwater drillships and 4 xl enhanced jack ups . 4 xl enhanced jack ups edit having already taking delivery of three state of the art xle jack ups maersk intrepid maersk interceptor and maersk integrator a fourth and final xl enhanced jack up will soon be delivered by late 2016 hereby cementing maersk drilling s position as an industry leader in the north sea with the most advanced jack up drilling rigs in existence . all of the newbuilds have been customized to handle demanding and complex well drilling operations in the north sea . 5 deepwater advanced drillships edit maersk drilling is a considerable player in the ultra deepwater market with four newbuilding drillships . the drillships are purpose built for safe operations under extreme conditions . the design and capacities of the new drillships include additional features for high efficiency operation . featuring dual derrick and large subsea work and storage areas the design allows for efficient well construction and field development activities through parallel and offline activities . the 228 metre long drillships will be able to operate at water depths up to 3 650 m 12 000 ft and will be capable of drilling wells of more than 12 000 m 40 000 ft deep . with their advanced positioning control systems the ships automatically maintain a fixed position in severe weather conditions with waves up to 11 metres high and wind speeds up to 26 metres per second . 6 references edit https www.maersk.com https www.maerskdrilling.com https www.maerskdrilling.com http www.maerskdrilling.com en drilling rigs http www.maerskdrilling.com en about us innovation xl enhanced jack ups http www.maerskdrilling.com en about us innovation deepwater advanced drillships retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title maersk drilling & oldid 739135883 categories drilling rig operatorscompanies of denmarkmaersk navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 23 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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