UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
     Washington, D.C. 20549     
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported):  January 16, 2006	

ENSCO International Incorporated	
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 	
	
   Delaware	          1-8097	    76-0232579	
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation	 	 	(Commission File Number)	 	 	(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)	 	 	
	
 	500 North Akard Street
Suite 4300
Dallas, Texas 75201-3331	 	
 	 	 	(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)	 	 	 	 	 	

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (214) 397-3000	
	
 	Not Applicable	 	
 	 	 	(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)	 	 	 	 	 	

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:	
 	
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TABLE OF CONTENTS	
 	
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT	
         Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure	
         Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits	
SIGNATURES	
EXHIBIT INDEX	
Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet as of January 16, 2006	

	

 INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT	
 	
  Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure	
 	
        Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet report of ENSCO International Incorporated as of January 16, 2006.	
 	
  Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits	
 	
        (c)  Exhibits	
 	
        Exhibit No.	 	Description                                                                                                                           	
 		
       99.1	 	Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet report of ENSCO International Incorporated as of January 16, 2006.	

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 SIGNATURES	
 	
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.	
 	
 	 	     ENSCO International Incorporated

 	 	 	
 	 	 	
Date:  January 16, 2006	 	      /s/ H. E. MALONE, JR.          
     H. E. Malone, Jr.
     Vice President	

 		
 		
 	 	      /s/ DAVID A. ARMOUR          
     David A. Armour
     Controller	

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 EXHIBIT INDEX	

        Exhibit No.	 	Description                                                                                                                           	
 		
       99.1	 	Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet report of ENSCO International Incorporated as of January 16, 2006.	

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EXHIBIT 99.1	

ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet
As of January 16, 2006	

 Statements contained in this Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet report including information regarding the Company's estimated rig availability, contract duration or future day rates, customers or contract status are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include references to estimated rig availability, future day rates, customers, contracts or rig utilization. It is important to note that the Company's actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the following: (i) renegotiation or adjustment of day rates (ii) timing of completion of work in progress, (iii) actual duration of wells, (iv) letter of intent or contract cancellations; (v) early contract termination, (vi) actual timing of contract term completion, (vii) finalization, modifications or termination of commitments made verbally or by letters of intent, (viii) new contracts or contract extensions, and (ix) the operational and other risks described from time to time in the Company's SEC filings. Copies of such filings may be obtained at no charge by contacting the Company's Investor Relations Department at 214-397-3045 or the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://www.enscous.com .	
 	
All information in this rig status release is as of date posted. The Company undertakes no duty to update the contents of this Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet report or any forward-looking statement contained therein to conform the statement to actual results or to reflect changes in the Company's expectations.	
	
 	 	 	 	 	 	Est. Avail/	 	
 	 	Water   	 	 	 	Contract	 	
Rig Name	     Design     	Depth    	Customer/Status	Day Rate	    Location	  Change  	             Comments                 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
North & South
America          

Gulf of Mexico
Jackups	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
ENSCO 60	 	Levingston 111-C	 	300	 	Newfield	 	Low 130's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Feb. 06	 	 	 	
ENSCO 68	 	MLT 84-CE	 	400	 	ExxonMobil	 	Mid 90's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Jan. 06	 	Next to Tana to Feb. 06, mid 150's	 	
ENSCO 69	 	MLT 84-S	 	400	 	Shipyard	 	 	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Feb. 06	 	Next to ConocoPhillips in Venezuela to Jun. 07, low 70's	 	
ENSCO 74	 	MLT Super 116-C	 	400	 	Dominion	 	Low 90's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Apr. 06	 	Rate increases late Jan. 06 to low 110's	 	
ENSCO 75	 	MLT Super 116-C	 	400	 	Stone	 	Mid 150's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Jan. 06	 	Next to Tarpon to Feb. 06, mid 160's	 	
ENSCO 81	 	MLT 116-C	 	350	 	Hunt Petroleum	 	Mid 130's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Mar. 06	 	Next to BP, well to well, market rate	 	
ENSCO 82	 	MLT 116-C	 	300	 	Pogo	 	High 80's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Feb. 06	 	Next to Chevron to Aug. 06, low 100's	 	
ENSCO 83	 	MLT 82 SD-C	 	250	 	Gryphon	 	Mid 110's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	May 06	 	Next to shipyard for approx. 40 days to Jul. 06	 	
ENSCO 84	 	MLT 82 SD-C	 	250	 	Apache	 	Low 100's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Apr. 06	 	 	 	
ENSCO 86	 	MLT 82 SD-C	 	250	 	Shipyard	 	 	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Mar. 06	 	 	 	
ENSCO 87	 	MLT 116-C	 	350	 	Shipyard	 	 	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Mar. 06	 	Next to Hunt Petroleum to Sep. 06, market rate	 	
ENSCO 89	 	MLT 82 SD-C	 	250	 	Unocal	 	Low 100's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	May 06	 	 	 	
ENSCO 90	 	MLT 82 SD-C	 	250	 	Apache	 	Low 100's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Apr. 06	 	 	 	
ENSCO 93	 	MLT 82 SD-C	 	250	 	Hunt Oil	 	Mid 70's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Sep. 06	 	Rate increases Mar. 06 to mid 120's	 	
ENSCO 98	 	MLT 82 SD-C	 	250	 	Dominion	 	Low 70's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Feb. 06	 	Next to Stone to Aug. 06, mid 70's	 	
ENSCO 99	 	MLT 82 SD-C	 	250	 	ExxonMobil	 	Low 80's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Apr. 06	 	Well to well, market rate	 	
ENSCO 105	 	KFELS MOD V-B	 	400	 	Houston Expl.	 	Mid 130's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Jan. 06	 	Next to Dominion to Jan. 06, low 100's, then to Nexen to Feb. 07, low 140's	 	

Semisubmersible	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
ENSCO 7500	 	Dynamically Positioned	 	8000	 	Shipyard	 	 	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Jan. 06	 	Next to Chevron to Jan. 08, mid 180's, plus options	 	
ENSCO 8500	 	Dynamically Positioned	 	8500	 	Under construction	 	 	 	 	 	2Q 08	 	Contracted to Anadarko, Dominion, Kerr McGee to 2Q 12, low 250's plus operating cost escalation & lump sum payment of $20 million, plus options	 	

Platform Rigs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
ENSCO 25	 	3000 HP API	 	 	 	Chevron	 	Mid 30's	 	Gulf of Mexico	 	Dec. 06	 	Well to well	 	

          Note:  Highlighted/underlined rig names signify changes in rig status information from the previous month.	

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ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet
As of January 16, 2006	

Statements contained in this Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet report including information regarding the Company's estimated rig availability, contract duration or future day rates, customers or contract status are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include references to estimated rig availability, future day rates, customers, contracts or rig utilization. It is important to note that the Company's actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the following: (i) renegotiation or adjustment of day rates (ii) timing of completion of work in progress, (iii) actual duration of wells, (iv) letter of intent or contract cancellations; (v) early contract termination, (vi) actual timing of contract term completion, (vii) finalization, modifications or termination of commitments made verbally or by letters of intent, (viii) new contracts or contract extensions, and (ix) the operational and other risks described from time to time in the Company's SEC filings. Copies of such filings may be obtained at no charge by contacting the Company's Investor Relations Department at 214-397-3045 or the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://www.enscous.com .	
 	
All information in this rig status release is as of date posted. The Company undertakes no duty to update the contents of this Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet report or any forward-looking statement contained therein to conform the statement to actual results or to reflect changes in the Company's expectations.	
	
 	 	 	 	 	 	Est. Avail/	 	
 	 	Water   	 	 	 	Contract	 	
Rig Name	     Design     	Depth    	Customer/Status	Day Rate	    Location	  Change  	             Comments                 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Europe & Africa	

North Sea	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
ENSCO 70	 	Hitachi K1032N	 	250	 	ATP	 	Mid 70's	 	UK	 	Jun. 06	 	Plus options	 	
ENSCO 71	 	Hitachi K1032N	 	225	 	Maersk	 	High 70's	 	Denmark	 	Aug. 06	 	Accommodation mode for 1-2 months, rate TBD, plus options	 	
ENSCO 72	 	Hitachi K1025N	 	225	 	Total	 	High 140's	 	Netherlands	 	Dec. 06	 	Market rate, plus option	 	
ENSCO 80	 	MLT 116-CE	 	225	 	ConocoPhillips	 	Mid 160's	 	UK	 	May 06	 	Market rate, plus options	 	
ENSCO 85	 	MLT 116-C	 	225	 	Newfield	 	Mid 80's	 	UK	 	Mar. 06	 	Rate increases mid Feb. 06 to market rate, next to ExxonMobil to May 06, mid 90's, then to Newfield to Dec. 07, market rate, plus options	 	
ENSCO 92	 	MLT 116-C	 	225	 	ConocoPhillips	 	Mid 160's	 	UK	 	Mar. 06	 	Market rate, plus options, expect continuation to Jan. 07, next expect to work to May 08, mid 160's, plus options	 	
ENSCO 101	 	KFELS MOD V-A	 	400	 	Tullow	 	Low 150's	 	UK	 	Apr. 07	 	Market rate, plus options	 	
ENSCO 102	 	KFELS MOD V-A	 	400	 	Enroute	 	 	 	UK	 	Feb. 06	 	Next to ConocoPhillips to Mar. 07, low 150's, plus options	 	

Africa	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
ENSCO 100	 	MLT 150-88-C	 	350	 	ExxonMobil	 	Mid 130's	 	Nigeria	 	Feb. 07	 	Plus option	 	

Asia & Pacific Rim	

Middle East/ India	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
ENSCO 50	 	F&G 780 Mod II	 	300	 	British Gas	 	Mid 70's	 	India	 	Dec. 06	 	Rate increases Jun. 06 to high 90's, plus option	 	
ENSCO 53	 	F&G 780 Mod II	 	300	 	British Gas	 	Mid 60's	 	India	 	Dec. 06	 	Rate increases Mar. 06 to high 90's, plus option	 	
ENSCO 54	 	F&G 780 Mod II	 	300	 	Ras Gas	 	Mid 50's	 	Qatar	 	Aug. 07	 	Plus options	 	
ENSCO 76	 	MLT Super 116-C	 	350	 	Saudi Aramco	 	Low 100's	 	Saudi Arabia	 	Sep. 08	 	Plus options	 	
ENSCO 88	 	MLT 82 SD-C	 	250	 	Ras Gas	 	Low 60's	 	Qatar	 	May 08	 	Plus options	 	
ENSCO 94	 	Hitachi 250-C	 	250	 	Ras Gas	 	Mid 50's	 	Qatar	 	Jan. 08	 	Plus options	 	
ENSCO 95	 	Hitachi 250-C	 	250	 	Saudi Aramco	 	Mid 70's	 	Saudi Arabia	 	Nov. 08	 	Plus options	 	
ENSCO 96	 	Hitachi 250-C	 	250	 	Saudi Aramco	 	Low 80's	 	Saudi Arabia	 	Dec. 08	 	Plus option	 	
ENSCO 97	 	MLT 82 SD-C	 	250	 	Saudi Aramco	 	Low 80's	 	Saudi Arabia	 	Oct. 07	 	Plus options	 	
 		
          Note:  Highlighted/underlined rig names signify changes in rig status information from the previous month.	

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ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet
As of January 16, 2006	

Statements contained in this Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet report including information regarding the Company's estimated rig availability, contract duration or future day rates, customers or contract status are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include references to estimated rig availability, future day rates, customers, contracts or rig utilization. It is important to note that the Company's actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the following: (i) renegotiation or adjustment of day rates (ii) timing of completion of work in progress, (iii) actual duration of wells, (iv) letter of intent or contract cancellations; (v) early contract termination, (vi) actual timing of contract term completion, (vii) finalization, modifications or termination of commitments made verbally or by letters of intent, (viii) new contracts or contract extensions, and (ix) the operational and other risks described from time to time in the Company's SEC filings. Copies of such filings may be obtained at no charge by contacting the Company's Investor Relations Department at 214-397-3045 or the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://www.enscous.com .	
 	
All information in this rig status release is as of date posted. The Company undertakes no duty to update the contents of this Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet report or any forward-looking statement contained therein to conform the statement to actual results or to reflect changes in the Company's expectations.	
	
 	 	 	 	 	 	Est. Avail/	 	
 	 	Water   	 	 	 	Contract	 	
Rig Name	     Design     	Depth    	Customer/Status	Day Rate	    Location	  Change  	             Comments                 	

Southeast Asia/	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Australia	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
ENSCO 51	 	F&G 780 Mod II	 	300	 	Shell	 	Mid 60's	 	Brunei	 	Jan. 08	 	Rate adjusts every six months (next adj. Jun. 06)	 	
ENSCO 52	 	F&G 780 Mod II	 	300	 	Petronas Carigali	 	Mid 50's	 	Malaysia	 	Jun. 06	 	Expect to continue working to Nov. 07, rate increases Jul. 06 to mid 70's, then rate increases Nov. 06 to low 110's, plus options	 	
ENSCO 56	 	F&G 780 Mod II	 	300	 	Shipyard	 	 	 	Singapore	 	Feb. 06	 	Next to Shell Todd in New Zealand to Mar. 07, low 80's, plus options, then expect to work to Apr. 07, mid 140's, plus options	 	
ENSCO 57	 	F&G 780 Mod II	 	300	 	Murphy	 	Low 90's	 	Malaysia	 	Dec. 06	 	Rate increases Aug. 06 to low 100's, plus options	 	
ENSCO 67	 	MLT 84-CE	 	400	 	ROC Oil	 	High 90's	 	Australia	 	Feb. 06	 	Plus options, then to Apache to Dec. 06, mid 90's, then expect to work to Jul. 07, mid 140's	 	
ENSCO 104	 	KFELS MOD V-B	 	400	 	Premier	 	Mid 80's	 	Indonesia	 	Mar. 06	 	Next to CTOC to Aug. 06, mid 90's, plus options	 	
ENSCO 106	 	KFELS MOD V-B	 	400	 	Apache	 	Low 100's	 	Australia	 	Mar. 07	 	Rate increases Mar. 06 to mid 180's, plus options	 	
ENSCO 107	 	KFELS MOD V-B	 	400	 	Under construction	 	 	 	Singapore	 	Feb. 06	 	Next expect to work in Malaysia to Mar. 06, low 100's, then to Pearl in Thailand to May 06, low 100's, then to KNOC in Vietnam to Sep. 06, low 100's, plus options, then to Origin in New Zealand to Aug. 07, mid 180's, plus options	 	
ENSCO 108	 	KFELS MOD V-B	 	400	 	Under construction	 	 	 	Singapore	 	Apr. 07	 	Next expect to work to Nov. 08 in Indonesia, mid 170's, rate increases Oct. 07 to high 170's, then increases Apr. 08 to mid 190's, then increases Oct. 08 to low 200's, plus options	 	
 		
ENSCO I	 	Barge Rig	 	 	 	Total	 	Low 50's	 	Indonesia	 	Apr. 07	 	 	 	

          Note:  Highlighted/underlined rig names signify changes in rig status information from the previous month.	

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