Ensco goes back to Keppel FELS for another Bigfoot
APRIL 8, 2013 — Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) has ordered a new premium jack-up rig based on the Keppel FELS B Class Bigfoot design for delivery in early 2015. To be named
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Oro Negro back at PPL Shipyard for two more jack-ups
MARCH 26, 2013 – Sembcorp Marine’s PPL Shipyard last week won orders from Mexico’s Oro Negro to build two more Pacific Class 400 rigs in addition to the two it ordered in
China Rongsheng secures first jack-up orders
MARCH 25, 2013 — China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited has announceda pair of “notable breakthroughs” in the offshore market. The shipbuilder has won two EPC contracts for GustoMSC CJ46 design
ConocoPhillips to go ahead with Chukchi Sea drilling
MARCH 8, 2013 — While Shell has delayed its plans for drilling offshore Alaska (see earlier story), ConocoPhillips plans to go ahead with exploratory drilling in the Chukchi Sea during the 2014
Seadrill exercises options for two more jack-ups
MARCH 5, 2013 — Seadrill has exercised fixed price options for the construction of two high specification jack-up drilling rigs at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (DSIC Offshore) in China. The
Hercules Offshore buys jack-up from KCA Deutag
FEBRUARY 21, 2013 — Houston headquartered Hercules Offshore, Inc. has agreed to acquire the offshore drilling rig Ben Avon from a subsidiary of Aberdeen, Scotland, headquartered KCA Deutag. The purchase price is
Keppel FELS set to deliver first Dynamic Offshore jack-up
JANUARY 28, 2013 — Cyprus based Dynamic Offshore Drilling will deploy its first rig next month in the Western offshore part of India under a five year contract for Oil and Natural
Atwood books contract for under-construction jack-up
JANUARY 23, 2012 — Houston-headquartered Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW) reports that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a drilling services contract for the newbuild jack-up Atwood Orca by Mubadala Petroleum.
Jurong Shipyard rights tilted rig
JANUARY 15, 2013 — Sembcorp Marine reports that Jurong Shipyard has successfully restored and floated Noble Regina, the jack-up rig that tilted on December 3, 2012, to its original upright position following
Consortium to build Zentech jack-up in China
JANUARY 14, 2013 — Houston headquartered Zentech, Inc. is participating in a strategic cooperation agreement for fully integrated jack-up drilling rig construction. Zentech, China’s CSSC Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding Company Ltd. and TSC