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Sembcorp Marine shipyard secures jack-up rig contract

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Sembcorp Marine subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard, has secured a contract worth US$ 236 million, to build a high specification, tailor-made jack-up rig for Hercules North Sea Ltd.

UK operations

The jack-up rig will be based on the Friede & Goldman JU 2000E design, which has enhanced features suitable for UK operations. Delivery is scheduled for Q2 2016. The new rig is designed to operate in waters of 400 ft and drill to depths of 30 000 ft.

The rig will be equipped with 2 million lbs capacity, 6000 bbls mud capacity, 28 000 kips preload capacity for the legs, and 150-man accommodation capacity. Upon delivery, the rig will be chartered out to Maersk Oil and Gas for deployment in the UK sector of the North Sea.

Comments

William Gu, Jurong Shipyard’s General Manager of Offshore Division, commented: “We are honoured to work with Hercules Offshore and we would like to congratulate Hercules Offshore in clinching the contract from Maersk Oil and Gas. This reaffirms Jurong Shipyard’s position as a customer-oriented yard in providing tailor-made rig designs and solutions for our customers.”

John T. Rynd, CEO of Hercules Offshore, added: “We are pleased to partner with Jurong Shipyard as we believe in Jurong Shipyard’s strong track record in delivering quality rigs customised for our clients. We look forward to our new friendship with Jurong Shipyard and a robust future partnership.”

2014 orders

This latest contract brings Sembcorp Marine’s total new orders secured in 2014 to date to S$1.93 billion.


Adapted from press release by Katie Woodward

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