1.   Niugini Mining said a second drilling rig is being mobilized and further drilling will take place following the completion of geophysical surveys.

2.   The company has already begun work on a second rig and plans to build a third.

3.   A second drilling rig is scheduled to arrive in the area, TotalFinaElf said.

4.   Storms brought down this second rig.

5.   The British government announced on Monday that a second rig from the North Sea oil fields owned by the Shell company would be dismantled on land.