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   <h1>Cancellation of rig contract</h1> 
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     <div class="date-module"> <span class="date_module-icon fa fa-calendar"></span> <span>October 25, 2016 12:07<span> CEST</span></span> <span>| Last modified October 31, 2016 08:03 CET</span> 
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       <p><span class="ingress">Statoil has decided to cancel the contract with Stena Drilling for the mobile rig Stena Don.</span></p> 
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       <p>The rig has been on contract to Statoil since 7 February 2014, performing operations for the Troll and Fram licences. The original contract termination date is 7 February 2017.</p> 
       <p>The cancellation will take effect after the plugging activity on the Troll field has been completed, in early November. After this, Stena Don was committed to the Fram licence.</p> 
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           The Stena Don drilling rig. 
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       <p>However, the licence does not have any work programme for the rig, nor does Statoil have any other activities where the available capacity can be used.</p> 
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