Noble jack-up righted

Upright: the jack-up rig being built for Noble has been righted at Jurong Shipyard

Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine said the jack-up drilling rig which tilted at the Jurong Shipyard last month has now been righted.

SembMarine announced on Tuesday that Jurong Shipyard had successfully restored and floated the rig.

A problem with the jacking system caused the rig to tilt on 3 December, which led to about 89 workers requiring hospital treatment.

SembMarine’s initial investigation into the incident found a braking system failure on one of the movable legs to be the likely cause of the accident.

However, now that the rig has been returned to an upright position, Jurong Shipyard and Singaporean authorities will now carry out a full investigation into the cause of the tilting.

SembMarine…

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