SembMarine’s Jurong Shipyard secured the $596 million deal for a newbuild ultra-high specification jack-up rig with an option for an additional unit.
This followed Norwegian operator Statoil’s announcement last week that it had handed a$655 million contract to Noble for a multi-year drilling campaign at the Mariner oilfield off the UK.
In April, Upstream had identified Jurong Shipyard as one of the contenders for the newbuild construction job, as well as Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea.
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