George Economou’s OceanRig is close to penning a new contract for one of its vessels off West Africa.

George Economou.

Ziad Nakhleh, CFO of parent company DryShips, revealed on a conference call that a US contractor is ready to take the Eirik Raude on for “a few wells”.

Nakhleh claims a rate of more than $500,000 per day is on the cards for the rig should ink meet paper to confirm the deal.

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