June 28 (Reuters) - Trinidad Drilling Ltd TDG.TO :
* TRINIDAD DRILLING EXPANDS INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS; AWARDED CONTRACT FOR TWO RIGS IN KUWAIT
* AWARD IN KUWAIT FOR TWO TRINIDAD DRILLING INTERNATIONAL (TDI) JOINT VENTURE RIGS ON A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT
* TRINIDAD EXPECTS THAT JOINT VENTURE RIGS WILL BEGIN OPERATING BY LATE IN Q1 OR EARLY IN Q2 OF 2019
* TRINIDAD DRILLING -EXPECTS TO FUND ADDITIONAL UPGRADE CAPITAL FROM CASH IN TDI JOINT VENTURE
* RIGS WILL UNDERGO CAPITAL UPGRADES OF APPROXIMATELY US$22 MILLION PER RIG