The multi-million dollar deal begins with an estimated three-year operations phase, and is followed by a nine-year operations and maintenance programme, with an option to extend it further.

The Hebron deal marks KCA Deutag’s first contract under its own banner in Canada’s offshore sector, and comes after a 2010 deal awarded to the company’s rig engineering and design division, RDS, for front-end engineering and detailed design of the Hebron rig facilities.

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