SINGAPORE: Keppel FELS is on course to deliver the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig Ensco 8505, the sixth of seven rigs in the 8500 series, to major US contractor Ensco.
PPL Shipyard of Singapore has completed construction of two further tender rigs for Seadrill - the semi-submersible drilling tender (SSDT), West Vencedor, and the T12 tender rig.
High-value long-term contracts are still being awarded despite the impact of the credit crunch on the oil&gas sector. That Vantage Drilling of Houston has just bagged contracts worth $2.56billion is testament to this.
HOUSTON: Ensco International has decided to build a fifth Ensco 8500 Series ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig at the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore at a cost of some $515million.
