Lamprell, a provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore energy industry, completed the construction of a further jackup drilling rig, Greatdrill Chaaru and delivered it to Greatship Global Energy Services (Greatship), within budget and ahead of schedule.
Construction of the rig was undertaken on a fast-track basis and completion was achieved in only 18 months after initial steel cutting. The naming ceremony was held at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in the UAE on 9 February and the rig will sail to its drilling location in India shortly. The rig will join its sister vessel, the Greatdrill Chaaya, which Lamprell delivered in January 2013. Both rigs are contracted to work for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in the offshore Indian territorial waters.
Greatdrill Chaaru has been designed according to the LeTourneau Super 116E (Enhanced) Class design. With this delivery, the Group has now completed 13 Super 116E jackup drilling rigs and has handed over its second major project for 2015.
