January 2008 - Keppel Corporation

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Second drillship awarded to
Keppel by repeat customer
Keppel Shipyard has been
awarded a contract worth
around $145 million to
integrate and complete a
new build “Bully” drillship.
Keppel secured the contract
with a company jointly
owned by Frontier Drilling
and Shell.
This is the second drillship of
the “Bully” rig design
awarded to Keppel by the
same owners. The first
“Bully” drillship was
awarded in June 2007 with
delivery by fourth quarter
2009.
The new hull will be built in
China and is due to arrive at
Keppel Shipyard in the first
quarter of 2009. The drillship
is expected to be delivered by
the second quarter of 2010.
Mr Nelson Yeo, ED of
Keppel Shipyard, said,
“Owners continue to see
value and viability in using
Keppel to carry out the
complex integration and
completion of drillships and
FPSOs utilising hulls built
elsewhere.”
The “Bully” drillships are
designed to conduct surface
BOP (Blow-out Preventer)
drilling operations in water
depths of up to 12,000 ft
and sub-sea BOP operations
in water depths of up to
8,250 ft as equipped (up to
10,000 ft capability). The
total drilling depth below the
drill floor is 40,000 ft. The
drillships will also be
equipped with ice-class hulls
and fitted with Dynamic
Positioning (DP-2) capabilities.
Keppel Shipyard’s work
scope for the Bully 2 includes
installation, integration and
completion of the owner
supplied power generation,
thrusters and drilling
equipment packages on a
new hull. keppelite
The Keppel Shipyard and Frontier Drilling teams looking forward to another fruitful relationship as Mr Nelson Yeo, Executive Director of Keppel Shipyard (4th from right) seals the deal with Mr
Vern Westerhout, Project Director of Frontier Drilling (6th from right)
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