8-K

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):  December 15, 2005

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)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet as of December 15, 2005

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 December 15, 2005.

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 December 15, 2005.

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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:  December 15, 2005	/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 December 15, 2005.

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EX-99

EXHIBIT 99.1

ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
Contract Status of Offshore Rig Fleet
As of December 15, 2005

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 Offshore Rig Fleet Contract Status 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	Taylor Energy	Mid 80's	Gulf of Mexico	Jan. 06
ENSCO 68	MLT 84-CE	400	ExxonMobil	Mid 90's	Gulf of Mexico	Jan. 06
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 90's	Gulf of Mexico	Feb. 06
ENSCO 81	MLT 116-C	350	Hunt Petroleum	Mid 130's	Gulf of Mexico	Feb. 06	Next to BP, well to well, market rate
ENSCO 82	MLT 116-C	300	Dominion	Low 120's	Gulf of Mexico	Dec. 05	Next to Pogo to Feb. 06, high 80's, then to Chevron to Aug. 06, low 100's
ENSCO 83	MLT 82 SD-C	250	Gryphon	Low 90's	Gulf of Mexico	Apr. 06	Next to shipyard for approx. 40 days to Jun. 06
ENSCO 84	MLT 82 SD-C	250	Apache	Mid 90's	Gulf of Mexico	Apr. 06	Rate increases late Dec. 05 to low 100's
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 60's	Gulf of Mexico	Apr. 06
ENSCO 90	MLT 82 SD-C	250	Apache	Mid 90's	Gulf of Mexico	Apr. 06	Rate increases Jan. 06 to low 100's
ENSCO 93	MLT 82 SD-C	250	Hunt Oil	Mid 70's	Gulf of Mexico	Feb. 06
ENSCO 98	MLT 82 SD-C	250	Dominion	Low 70's	Gulf of Mexico	Jan. 06	Next to Stone to Jul. 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	Dec. 05	Next to Dominion to Jan. 06, low 100's, then to Nexen to Jan. 07, low 140's
Semisubmersible
ENSCO 7500	Dynamically Positioned	8000	Anadarko	Mid 180's	Gulf of Mexico	Dec. 05	Next to shipyard for approx. 30 days until mid Jan. 06, then 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 2Q12, 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 December 15, 2005

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 Offshore Rig Fleet Contract Status 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	May 06	Plus options
ENSCO 71	Hitachi K1032N	225	Maersk	High 70's	Denmark	Aug. 06	Possible accommodation mode in late Dec. 05 for 1-2 months, rate TBD, plus options
ENSCO 72	Hitachi K1025N	225	Total	Low 110's	Netherlands	Dec. 06	Market rate, plus option
ENSCO 80	MLT 116-CE	225	ConocoPhillips	Mid 110's	UK	May 06	Market rate, plus options
ENSCO 85	MLT 116-C	225	BHPB	Mid 80's	UK	Dec. 05	Next to Newfield to Feb. 06, mid 80's, then to ExxonMobil to Apr. 06, mid 90's, then to Newfield to Dec. 07, market rate, plus options
ENSCO 92	MLT 116-C	225	ConocoPhillips	Mid 110'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 100's	UK	Apr. 07	Market rate commencing Jan. 06, 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	Low 70's	India	Dec. 06	Rate increases late Dec. 05 to mid 70's, then 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 December 15, 2005

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 Offshore Rig Fleet Contract Status 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	Low 60's	Brunei	Jan. 08	Rate increases Jan. 06 to mid 60's and adjusts every six months thereafter
ENSCO 52	F&G 780 Mod II	300	Petronas Carigali	Mid 50's	Malaysia	Nov. 06	Next expect to work to Nov. 07, mid 90's, plus options
ENSCO 56	F&G 780 Mod II	300	Shipyard		Singapore	Jan. 06	Next to Shell Todd in New Zealand to Feb. 07, low 80's, plus options, then expect to work to Mar. 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	ConocoPhillips	Mid 80's	Indonesia	Dec. 05	Next to Premier to Feb. 06, mid 80's, then to CTOC to Jul. 06, mid 90's, plus options
ENSCO 106	KFELS MOD V-B	400	Apache	Low 100's	Australia	Feb. 07	Rate increases Feb. 06, 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 expect to work in New Zealand to Aug. 07, mid 180's, plus options
ENSCO 108	KFELS MOD V-B	400	Under construction		Singapore	1Q 07
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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