August 26, 2010

RIGNET OPENS SERVICE CENTER IN NORTH DAKOTA

Houston, TX - August 26, 2010 - RigNet, Inc. ("RigNet"), a leading independent provider of remote communications and collaborative applications to the global oil and gas industry, has recently opened a service center in Dickinson, North Dakota to bring RigNet's high quality remote communications solutions to the Bakken Shale region.

The North Dakota service center enables RigNet to provide high customer service levels to its oil and gas clients in the Bakken Shale region, which includes parts of North Dakota and Montana.  RigNet provides a range of VSAT connectivity services to land rigs and remote offices in the region, including fully managed IP-based voice, fax, broadband Internet and enterprise data access.

Said Ricky Begnaud, RigNet's area manager for North America Onshore, "RigNet is proud to announce the opening of our newest service center in the Bakken Shale region.  At RigNet, one of our goals is to provide superior customer service and the quickest response times in the industry.  The North Dakota service center will enable us to meet this goal as we work with our clients to provide remote communication solutions engineered to improve their operations and productivity."

RigNet provides remote communications solutions in nearly all of the major U.S. land drilling markets.  Through its nine service centers, RigNet provides services to customers operating in the Bakken Shale; Marcellus Shale, which includes parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York; the Haynesville Shale, stretching from northeast Texas to central Louisiana; the Eagle Ford and Barnett Shales in Texas; West Texas and Southeast New Mexico; Oklahoma; and throughout the Rocky Mountains spanning Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

The opening of the North Dakota Service Center marks RigNet's second service center opening in the U.S. this year.  In January, RigNet opened a service center in Williamsport, Pennsylvania to service the Marcellus Shale region, one of the country's fast-growing natural gas plays. 

For remote communications services or questions, please call +1 (800) 638-8844 or e-mail us at mailto:RigNetSales-USLand@rig.net?subject=Sales%20Opportunity%20or%20Inquiry%20for%20RigNet.

About RigNet, Inc.
RigNet is a leading global provider of managed communications, networks and collaborative applications dedicated to the oil and gas industry.  The Company provides solutions ranging from fully-managed voice and data networks to more advanced applications that include video conferencing, real-time data services and advanced medical services to remote sites in over 30 countries on six continents, effectively spanning the drilling and production industry.  RigNet was recently named one of America's fastest-growing private companies as ranked in both Inc. Magazine's distinguished Inc. 500/5000 and Deloitte's Technology Fast 500^TM.  Based in Houston, Texas, RigNet has offices in Brazil, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, the United Kingdom and throughout the United States.  For more information, please visit http://www.rig.net/. 

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