OSLO, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Norwegian oil and gas firm Statoil
has signed contracts for three drill rigs to be used offshore Norway at a total value of 9.2 billion crowns ($1.62 billion), the company said on Wednesday.
Statoil will use Bideford Dolphin rig owned by Fred Olsen-owned Dolphin Drilling, the Stena Don rig owned by Stena Drilling , and the Scarabeo 5 rig, owned by Saipem .
($1 = 5.6938 Norwegian crowns)
(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis)
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Keywords: STATOIL RIGS/