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, valued at about US$365 million, for two further jackup drilling rigs of a similar design and high specification.
The contract for the Shuwehat was signed in April 2012 and the rig is the fifth in a series of eight of the LeTourneau Super 116E (Enhanced) Class design which are being built and delivered by Lamprell to NDC.
The third and fourth rigs, the Qarnin and the Marawwah, respectively, were delivered earlier this year - making the delivery of the Shuwehat company record, delivering three drilling units to one client in a single year.
The Shuwehat is the 11th Super 116E jackup drilling unit that the group has delivered to various clients during the last six years. The jackup rig was officially named, and completion marked, at a ceremony held at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in the United Arab Emirates earlier today, prior to departure for operations at its drilling location in Abu Dhabi.
NDC CEO Abdalla Saeed Al Suwaidi said: “This rig represents a great addition to the NDC fleet of modern rigs, and it will help the company maintain the highest levels of reliability and efficiency. A few years back, we partnered with Lamprell to start building offshore jack up rigs in the UAE. We are proud that we made such a strategic decision, and the four previous rigs, namely Makasib, Muhaiyimat, Qarnin, and Marawwah are working safely and drilling for ADMA-OPCO."
Jim Moffat, Lamprell's CEO, said: "Lamprell’s project execution this year continues to be of the highest standards and I am pleased to announce the delivery of this fifth jackup rig to NDC, our long-standing client.
"The “Shuwehat” rig is the third rig handed over to NDC in 2014 and we are scheduled to deliver the next NDC rig to the client within a matter of months. We believe that the recent contract award of two rigs with three options by NDC demonstrates our client’s continuing confidence in our ability to maintain our strong project execution track record on a consistent basis and we look forward to working closely with NDC in the coming years.”
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