Aban Offshore bags USD 36 million order.

Aban Offshore said on Dec. 2, 2008, that it has bagged a contract worth USD 36 million for deployment of the jack-up rig `deep driller`.

The contract is for a period of 12 months in two phases starting in the last quarter of 2008.

Aban Offshore provides oil field services for offshore exploration and production of hydrocarbons to the oil industry in India and abroad.