Eoin O'Cinneide
23 December 2013 13:26 GMT
Singapore’s Keppel Fels has delivered another high-end jack-up
to rig giant Ensco, with the unit set for work in the North Sea.
The Ensco 121 is the second in a series of
ultra-deepwater, harsh-environment rigs to be delivered to the US owner.
The KFELS Super A Class jack-up is also the
eighteenth jack-up to be delivered by the yard to Ensco and the twentieth to be
delivered by the yard this year.
It can drill in water depths of 400 feet
and to a drilling depth of 40,000 feet.
The third newbuild in the series is set for
delivery in the middle of next year with the fourth in the second quarter of
2016.
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Rig builder is on track to deliver Vision Drilling’s first KFELS B Class jackup rig “Dynamic Vision” two months ahead of time, garnering an early delivery bonus of about US$ 1 million
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is delivering its first rig of 2013 to Vision Drilling Pte Ltd (Vision Drilling), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cyprus based Dynamic Offshore Drilling Limited (Dynamic Offshore Drilling). The KFELS B Class jackup rig, Dynamic Vision, will be Vision Drilling's first such rig and will be delivered almost two months ahead of schedule with a perfect safety record.
It is the first of the 20 offshore rigs that Keppel FELS is expected to deliver in 2013, a record number for any yard worldwide.