Nicor Inc. said Tuesday ... company (to be renamed Adcor Drilling Inc.), and they`re starting out with the assets we left.” Those assets include 69 drilling rigs, all but a few of which have ...

Selling Nicor Drilling won`t be easy. In the oil business, demand for a contract driller whose principal asset is 70 land-based rigs is nil, because new exploration is unpopular. In response to ...