Jurong scoops Helix contract

Sister ship: Helix reveals winning bidder for sibling of Q4000

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Kathrine Schmidt

 12 March 2012 22:06 GMT

Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard of Singapore has picked up a contract with Helix Energy Solutions to build its new semisubmersible well-intervention vessel announced in February, the latter company said Monday.

Upstream has previously reported the vessel, informally dubbed the Q-Plus, is expected to cost about $500 million and be delivered by 2015.

“This new asset, engineered and designed based on the lessons learned from our successful Q4000 platform, is being constructed to meet an increasing market demand for specialized deepwater well intervention services worldwide,” company chief executive Owen Kratz said in a statement.

The original semi-sub, delivered in 2002, has worked on a…

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