Essar needs $5m to refurbish its imported rigs Vol 9, PW 14 (20 Oct 05) News in Brief Essar Oil will need to spend $5m to upgrade four second-hand imported onland drilling rigs.... Buy this article forRs590 $9 For a 30-article or annual subscription rates click here RelatedGreka misses 2nd ONGC rig deadline (30 Nov 17) Essar cuts out the 'middleman' in LNG imports (23 Mar 17) Cynics question ONGC rig tender (12 Jan 17) ONGC wants to hire seven 2000-hp land rigs (11 Feb 16) Cheap oil triggers rig-hiring frenzy at ONGC (04 Jun 15) ONGC confuses bidders in BPA-BPB tender (29 Nov 12) John Energy snatches Eni drilling contract from Essar (04 Sep 08) Essar needs $5m to refurbish its imported rigs (20 Oct 05) Retirement at 15 for ONGC’s onland drilling rigs (16 Jun 04) Time to repair ONGC's fleet of 129 drilling rigs (05 Jun 02)