Aban Offshore hit a high of Rs1269 ...

Aban Offshore announced that a contract has been signed with Brunel Shell Petroleum Sendirian Berhad for the deployment of the jack-up rig Deep Driller 8 offshore Brunei for firm period of 4 years plus four optional periods of 1 year each. The estimated revenues from the firm period of the deployment is about US$159mn (equivalent to Rs7.16bn). The deployment is likely to commence during the third quarter of calendar year 2010.

Shares of Aban Offshore hit a high of Rs1269 post the announcement however ended flat at Rs1246.