{"id":19285,"date":"2026-01-16T08:16:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classic-ap.com\/?p=19285"},"modified":"2026-01-16T08:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:16:54","slug":"patterson-uti-to-lease-two-rigs-to-archer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classic-ap.com\/en\/industry-news-en\/patterson-uti-to-lease-two-rigs-to-archer.html","title":{"rendered":"Patterson-UTI to lease two rigs to Archer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Patterson-UTI signed a multi-year agreement to lease two high-spec APEX 1500 drilling rigs to Archer. The rigs will support Archer\u2019s operations in Argentina\u2019s Vaca Muerta formation as part of its seven-rig contract with YPF that was announced in December 2025.
The rigs will be provided from Patterson-UTI\u2019s existing US fleet, and Archer will be responsible for all preparation, upgrade and mobilization costs. The rigs are expected to commence operations by mid-2026.\uff082026-01-16\uff09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patterson-UTI signed a multi-year agreement to lease two high-spec APEX 1500 drilling rigs to Archer. The rigs will support Archer\u2019s operations in Argentina\u2019s Vaca Muerta formation as part of its seven-rig contract with YPF that was announced in December 2025.The rigs will be provided from Patterson-UTI\u2019s existing US fleet, and Archer will be responsible for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classic-ap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classic-ap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classic-ap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classic-ap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classic-ap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.classic-ap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19288,"href":"https:\/\/www.classic-ap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19285\/revisions\/19288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classic-ap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classic-ap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classic-ap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}