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This year''s listing contains 362 jackup units, including existing rigs and announced newbuildings, a decrease of two from last year. The listing excludes: shallow-water units working in inland waters, several rigs of the Former Soviet Union fleet, and those in non-drilling modes. The loss of two rigs results from the deletion of two listings. No additional newbuildings were added.Low crude prices continued to cut offshore operators'' drilling budgets in 1999, as reflected by reduced utilization and dayrates that continued the low levels minneapolismolinejetstarhydraulicpump of late 1998. The U.S. Gulf of Mexico saw rate cuts approaching 50% of early-1998 levels, as did Africa and and Asia. Even the North Sea saw cuts of more than 20%.