After yet another annus horribilis in the drilling sector which saw both a collapse in the oil price and the coronavirus pandemic, Maersk Drilling has slowly started to see more tenders and a greater interest in drilling tasks.
From here, however, there is still a rather long way until a decided improvement for the sector and for Maersk Drilling, which most recently saw both its revenue and fleet utilization go down in the third quarter.
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