PPL Shipyard to build two jack-ups for Mexican customer

DECEMBER 6, 2012 — Sembcorp Marine’s PPL Shipyard subsidiary has secured two turnkey contracts with a combined value of US$434 million for the construction of two  jack-up rigs for Mexico’s Integradora de

Workers hospitalized after jack-up tilts at Jurong Shipyard

DECEMBER 3, 2012 — Eighty-nine workers were hospitalized this morning after the newbuild jack-up rig Noble Regina Allen tilted during a jacking test at Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard, Singapore. There were no

Keppel FELS delivers refurbished and upgraded jack-up

OCTOBER 24, 2012 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard has delivered Paradise 400, a high-specification KFELS B Class jack-up rig to Safin Gulf FZCO (Safin) ahead of schedule and with a strong safety

Lamprell books $227 million jack-up contract

Nigel McCue, CEO of U.A.E based Lamprell, says that a $227 million order from “a highly valued customer” for a LeTourneau Super 116E jack-up rig “further evidences the sustained demand for these

Statoil to invite tenders for a new type of jack-up rig

Norway’s Statoil is preparing an invitation to tender for a new type of jack-up drilling rig for mature fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Statoil will issue a proposal for license

Keppel FELS gets Bigfoot order from GDI

Singapore’s Keppel FELS Limited has secured contracts worth about US$393 million from returning customer Gulf Drilling International Ltd. of Qatar, They cover the construction of two high-specification KFELS B Class Bigfoot jack-up