Maersk Drilling, the company of Danish shipping group AP Moller-Maersk has ordered the South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to construct two new vessels for deep water drilling that will be taken over in the third and fourth quarters of 2013. .
The vessels will be 228 meters long and will be capable of operating at depths up to 12,000 feet deep (3,650 meters) and drilling deep wells to over 40,000 feet (12,200 meters).
"We witness - said Claus V. Hemmingsen, CEO of Maersk Drilling and board member of the parent company - to an increased share of global production of oil and gas from deep waters and this trend will lead to major increases in demand for deepwater drilling in areas such as Brazil, West Africa and the Gulf of Mexico.This - he added - will be the first ultra-deepwater drillships the fleet of Maersk Drilling who will support our current three semi-submersible plant and another major aspect of our offer to our customers in the ultra-deepwater market. "
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Maersk Drilling, the company of Danish shipping group AP Moller-Maersk has ordered the South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to construct two new vessels for deep water drilling that will be taken over in the third and fourth quarters of 2013. . 
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