Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its first ultra-harsh environment jack-up, Maersk Intrepid, from the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore on time. Maersk Intrepid will start its mobilisation to the Norwegian North Sea in approximately two weeks, where it will commence a four-year contract with Total E&P Norge AS.
Maersk Intrepid is the first in a series of four newbuild ultra-harsh environment jack-up rigs to enter Maersk Drilling’s rig fleet in 2014–16. With a leg length of 206.8m, the rigs are the world’s largest jack-up rigs and are designed for year round operation in the North Sea, in water depths up to 150m. The four jack-up rigs represent a total investment of USD 2.6B. The first three jack-up rigs, including Maersk Intrepid, will be delivered from the Keppel FELS shipyard in 2014–2015, and the fourth will be delivered from the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea in 2016.
The Maersk Intrepid will be drilling the demanding and complex wells on the Martin Linge field development in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract includes four one-year options. The estimated contract value for the firm contract is USD 550M.
