Keppel FELS Delivers Ultra Harsh Environment Jackup to Maersk Drilling

Maersk Drilling reported Wednesday that it has taken delivery of its third ultra harsh environment jackup, XLE-3 or Maersk Jackup TBN (492' ILC), from the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore ahead of schedule. The rig will start her mobilization to the Norwegian North Sea in late February, where she after arrival, will commence a contract of four years firm with 2x1 year options with Statoil for development drilling on the Gina Krog field in the Norwegian North Sea.

The jackup, which will be named at a ceremony in Singapore in February, is the third in a series of four newbuild ultra harsh environment jackups to enter Maersk Drilling’s rig fleet in 2014-16. The four jackups represent a total investment of $2.6 billion. The first three jackups have now been delivered from the Keppel FELS shipyard, and the fourth -- Maersk Jackup TBN 4 (492' ILC) -- will be delivered from the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea in 2016.

Facts About the New Ultra Harsh Environment XL Enhanced Jackups from Maersk Drilling

With a leg length of 678 feet (206.8 meters) the rigs are the world’s largest jackups and are designed for year round operation in the North Sea, in water depths up to 492 feet (150 meters).Uptime and drilling efficiency are maximized through dual pipe handling. While one string is working in the well bore, a second string of e.g. casing, drill pipe or bottom hole assembly can be assembled/disassembled and stored in the set-back area, ready for subsequent transfer for use in the well bore thus reducing the non-productive time. The drill floor features Multi Machine Control - a fully remote operated pipe handling system allowing all standard operations such as stand building and tripping to be conducted without personnel on the drill floor thus ensuring a high level of consistency across crews and an improved efficiency.



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