Offshore staff

SINGAPORE—Jurong Shipyard has secured a $370-million contract from Diamond Offshore to build a moored semisubmersible drilling rig for delivery in 2Q 2014.

TheOcean Apex will be designed for 6,000 ft (1,829 m) water depths, with a maximum hook load of 2 million pounds, 15,000 psi five-ram BOP, and crew capacity of 140.

“We will construct theOcean Apex utilizing an existing hull from a Diamond Offshore cold stacked unit,” said Larry Dickerson, president and CEO of Diamond Offshore. “Upon delivery, we will have a rig that exceeds the specifications of a fourth-generation newbuild unit; however, it will have been constructed in approximately half the time and for a significantly lower cost.”

8/15/2012