Trinidad Drilling Ltd. and CanElson Drilling Inc. announced that they have closed their previously announced strategic business combination. As part of the Transaction, three CanElson nominees, Elson McDougald, Donald Seaman and Dale Johnson have joined Trinidad's Board of Directors. Randy Hawkings, CanElson's Chief Executive Officer, has also joined Trinidad's senior management team as Executive Vice President and will be responsible for a large part of Trinidad's North American operations.

In addition, the majority of CanElson's management team has joined Trinidad to assist with managing the ongoing operations of the combined company.