Offshore staff

BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Canadian Superior Energy Inc. has launched the semisubmersible that will drill the company's Trinidad prospects.

Secunda International Ltd. of Nova Scotia, Canada, and Tidewater Inc. of Houston are towing theKan Tan IV semi from Brownsville to Trinidad. The trip will take approximately three weeks, Canadian Superior says. The drilling program is to begin shortly after the rig's arrival.

"We are very excited that theKan Tan IV is now on its way to Trinidad to commence our multi-well drilling program in June in one of the biggest and most coveted natural gas plays in the world," says Greg Noval, Canadian Superior chairman.

Maersk Contractors, part of A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, is the drilling manager for the rig, which is owned by China's Sinopec.

Over the past several months, theKan Tan IV has undergone an extensive refit in Brownsville in readiness for drilling Canadian Superior's three prospects offshore Trinidad.

5/14/2007