The future of offshore oil and gas exploration will be exploited with high-specification jackups and ultra deepwater (UDW) drillships capable of working in high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) environments, according to pure-play, high-specification offshore driller…
Keppel FELS in Singapore is on track to deliver three KFELS B Class jackup rigs to Mexico's Grupo R, the company announced on 30 May, following a triple naming ceremony. Built to Keppel's proprietary KFELS B Class design, the three identical rigs were named CANTARELL I…
Enerpac and Al Masaood Trading, Dubai, supplied Lamprell with an EVO-series synchronous lifting system to weigh a newly completed jackup rig. Image from Enerpac. The Enerpac multifunctional…
Northern Offshore is delaying the delivery of two of its high specification jackups due to the downturn of the drilling market. The West Navigator. From NADL. Northern was able to…
Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel FELS delivered a KFELS B Class jackup rig to Mexican national oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex). The Kukulkan jackup. From Keppel. The…
Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its third ultra harsh environment jackup, XLE-3, from the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore, ahead of schedule. The rig (pictured) will start her mobilisation to the Norwegian North Sea late February…
Mexican national oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) took delivery of its first of two KFELS B Class jackup rigs from Singapore’s Keppel FELS. The Yunuen jackup. From Keppel. The…
Dubai-based rig builder Lamprell has completed the jackup drilling rig, the Shuwehat for Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC) on time, budget and schedule. The delivery to NDC follows a 12 November announcement of a new contract with the firm…
Keppel AmFELS, a wholly-owned US subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, delivered the Coatzacoalcos jackup rigto Mexico’s Central Panuco S.A. De C.V., a subsidiary of Mexico's Perforadora Central S.V. De C.V. (Perforadora Central). The Coatzacoalcos…
Canada's CGX Energy said the jackup rig slated to spud its offshore Guyana prospect is due to be completed by end of January 2015. The Hakuryu-12 jackup drilling rig, soon to be part of Japan Drilling Co.'s fleet, is currently under construction in Singapore at PPL Shipyard…
Blue Ocean Drilling Ltd. (BOD) awarded China’s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) a contract to build two Gusto MSC CJ50 high specification jackup rigs. Image from Blue Ocean Drilling. Upon the terms of agreement…
Maersk Drilling’s Convincer jackup rig received an additional one-year extension from Petronas Carigali, E&P subsidiary of Malaysia’s national oil company. The US$56 million contract is expected to end mid-November 2015. “Together with Petronas Carigali…
Self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESV) firm Gulf Marine Services' newbuild GMS Enterprise is starting its first charter after it was completed ahead of schedule and under budget. Its first charter is a four-month contract for an engineering…
Keppel FELS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore and Marine, secured a contract from Qatar-based Gulf Drilling International to build a repeat high-specification KFELS B Class jackup rig worth US$227 million. As part of the contract…
Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts Bhd received the new JU2000E Coastal Driller 4001 jackup rig from CIMC Raffles in Yantai. The delivery marks the ninth rig built and delivered from the Yanti yard. The Coastal Driller 4001 is ABS classified and can accommodate 140 people…