The Houston Colbert is one of six high-spec F&G JU-3000N jack-ups under construction at Jurong shipyard in Singapore.
The French explorer is due to receive the rig in April 2014 through January 2015 at a day rate of $247,000 according to Noble's latest fleet status report.
Upstream previously reported the company planned to drill a directional horizontal well at the Vega Pleyade field in 2013 in Tierra del Fuego and had been searching the rig market.
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