Sources told Reuters construction of the rig was progressing more slowly than planned, with the newbuild not likely to arrive in Cuba until late June or early July.
As Upstream reported last week, the semisub has been towed from China’s CIMC Raffles yard to Singapore’s Keppel Fels for completion, at an additional cost of between $70 million and $100 million.
A number of international explorers, including Spain's Repsol YPF, are eager to explore Cuba's offshore play.
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