8-K 1 a06-24006_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

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):  November 10, 2006

Apollo Drilling, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-50834

 

73-1668122

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

3001 Knox Street, Suite 403
Dallas, Texas

 

75205

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(214) 389-9800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A
(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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Section 1 — Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 1.01  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Effective November 10, 2006, Apollo Drilling, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Drilling Services Agreement (“Agreement”) with Mex Tex Operating Company (“Mex Tex”).  The Agreement calls for the Company to contract its first drilling rig and workover equipment to Mex Tex for a term of two years at a standard day rate of $15,000 per day. The rig is initially being utilized by Mex Tex for a drilling program in Sutton County, Texas and recently completed three commercial gas wells for Mex Tex pursuant to an interim short-term day-rate contract.

The Agreement also contains customary provisions for drilling services arrangements, including provisions regarding the performance standards, insurance obligations, confidentiality requirements, provisions for changes in the services and indemnities.

A copy of the Agreement (without exhibits) is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete terms of the Agreement.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

EXHIBIT

 

 

 

NUMBER

 

DESCRIPTION

 

10.1

 

Drilling Services Agreement dated November 10, 2006

 

 




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.

 

 

 

Apollo Drilling, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

November 14, 2006

 

By:

/s/ Dennis McLaughlin

 

 

 

 

 

Dennis McLaughlin,

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer