FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
     Washington, D.C. 20549     

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported):  September 16, 2008

 
ENSCO International Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
  Delaware           1-8097     76-0232579
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)		     (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)		    
  500 North Akard Street
Suite 4300
Dallas, Texas 75201-3331		  
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)          


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (214) 397-3000
  Not Applicable  
      (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)          
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
        Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
                          Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

SIGNATURE
 

 
INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
 
Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
                    Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
  (c)
 		 On September 16, 2008, the Board of Directors appointed Douglas J. Manko to serve as Controller of ENSCO International Incorporated. Mr. Manko, 34, joined the Company in May 2004 as Public Reporting Manager and most recently served as Director of Management Systems. From 1996 to 2004, Mr. Manko served in various capacities as an employee of the accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Manko holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Baldwin Wallace College.
 
  Mr. Manko replaces David A. Armour, who was appointed Vice President - Finance by the Board of Directors on September 16, 2008. On that date, the Board of Directors also appointed former Vice President - Finance, H. E. Malone, Jr., to serve as Vice President - Finance (International).
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
        ENSCO International Incorporated
                
     
     
     
Date:  September 19, 2008        /s/ CARY A. MOOMJIAN, JR.          
     Cary A. Moomjian, Jr.
     Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary