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‘Halt button’ hit on drilling in US oil and gas slowdown

New rigs auctioned at bargain prices as demand sags in the shale patch

Next week Texas auctioneer Kruse Asset Management will put two unused, top-of-the-line drilling rigs under the hammer.

The towering structures designed to bore oil and gas wells are on offer for fire sale prices. Valued at $40mn and $30mn when built in 2019, their respective starting bids will be $12.9mn and $2.3mn.

“There’s no reason for them to be so cheap, but there’s just no demand,” said Dan Kruse, chief executive of the San Antonio-based auctioneer, who has been selling oilfield equipment for four decades.

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