Offshore staff

SINGAPORE -- China-based Yantai Raffles Shipyard has secured another repeat order to build a GM4000 design rig to operate on the Norwegian continental shelf for Awilco Offshore subsidiary Offrig Drilling.

TheWilPromotor semisubmersible is the third in line to be built for Offrig Drilling by the yard. Delivery is scheduled for 4Q 2009.

Offrig Drilling holds one more remaining option to construct another semisubmersible drilling rig at the Yantai yard.

This order brings the number of drilling rigs on order at Yantai to six.

1/2/2007