Lamprell, a provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore energy industry, completed the construction on a jackup drilling rig, the ‘Shuwehat’, and delivered it to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC), within budget and as scheduled.
This follows the recent announcement in November when the Group received a new contract award from NDC for the construction of two further jackup drilling rigs of a similar design and specification, valued at approximately USD 365M.
The contract for the Shuwehat rig was signed in April 2012 and this is the fifth in a series of eight rigs with the LeTourneau Super 116E (Enhanced) Class design, which are being built and delivered by Lamprell to NDC. This latest rig has been delivered to the client following the completion of the third and fourth rigs, the Qarnin and the Marawwah respectively, earlier this year. Lamprell has achieved another Company record with the delivery of three drilling units to one client in a single year.
The Shuwehat rig is the eleventh Super 116E jackup drilling unit that the Group has delivered to various clients during the last six years.
