Keppel FELS delivers ENSCO jackup

Jan. 23, 2006
Keppel FELS Ltd. has delivered the jackup drilling rig ENSCO 107 to ENSCO International one month ahead of schedule and within budget.

Offshore staff

(Asia-Pacific)- Keppel FELS Ltd. has delivered the jackup drilling rigENSCO 107 to ENSCO International one month ahead of schedule and within budget.

TheENSCO 107, a KFELS B Class design jackup, is the eighth jackup rig that Keppel Offshore & Marine group has completed for ENSCO since 1999. The company also boasts a clean safety record of zero loss time for its 2.5 million man-hours of work.

The contracts with ENSCO keep coming. Late last week, Keppel and ENSCO inked a deal for the construction of a $338 million semisub.

In addition, Keppel has two other rigs under construction for ENSCO, a KFELS jackup rig called theENSCO 108, and a cost-efficient ultra-deepwater semisub, the ENSCO 8500.

Deliveries for these newbuilds are expected in 1Q 2007 and 2008, respectively.

ENSCO 107

ENSCO is also scheduled to drill in waters off New Zealand during August-November 2007.

01/23/2006