While the 'backroom boys' indulge....

We'll learn a little bit about Saxon Drilling, the Australian arm a Canadian drilling company.

News item:

Australia drilling has started: Spudding of Kalala S-1

· Rig 185, an ATS 400 has been commissioned from Saxon Energy Services Australia Pty. Ltd, a Schlumberger company.

Saxon Energy Services is a growing international land drilling and well construction company, wholly owned by Schlumberger. Our business is global in scope, with drilling and workover operations in North America, South America, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Saxon was founded in 2004. At that time the company operated nine land rigs (two drilling and seven workover) exclusively in Ecuador. Since 2004 Saxon has transformed into a truly international drilling company with a diverse fleet of 101 rigs (84 drilling and 17 workover) operating in 12 countries with over 3,900 total employees.