january 2010 - Keppel Corporation
january 2010 - Keppel Corporation
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16 Sustaining Growth<br />
Keeping pace<br />
Driven by a commitment to<br />
operational excellence,<br />
projects at <strong>Keppel</strong> FELS<br />
remain on track, achieving<br />
several milestones in recent<br />
months.<br />
Mr Wong Kok Seng, ED of<br />
<strong>Keppel</strong> FELS said, “We<br />
were able to deliver by<br />
consistently striving for<br />
operational excellence and<br />
innovation, backed by strong<br />
project management and<br />
close partnerships with<br />
our unions, customers,<br />
contractors and vendors.<br />
“For <strong>2010</strong>, we will remain<br />
focused on execution<br />
excellence and further<br />
improving efficiency to<br />
deliver superior solutions and<br />
services safely, on time, and<br />
within budget, while<br />
pursuing more projects.”<br />
KFELS N CLASS JACKUP<br />
Shortly after the celebration<br />
of one million manhours<br />
without lost time incident on<br />
the construction of SKDP 3<br />
in November 2009, the<br />
teams from Skeie Drilling<br />
& Production (Skeie)<br />
and <strong>Keppel</strong> FELS cheered<br />
to yet another milestone<br />
achievement.<br />
On 18 December 2009,<br />
the keel was laid for the<br />
last of the trio of KFELS N<br />
Class jackup drilling rigs<br />
being built by <strong>Keppel</strong> FELS<br />
for Skeie. Construction of all<br />
Teamwork thrives – Mr Chia Chuan Beng, Senior Project Manager, <strong>Keppel</strong> FELS and Mr Mark Aitken, Site Manager for SKDP, show solidarity in<br />
keeping construction safe, on time and within budget<br />
three rigs continues to be<br />
on track.<br />
The trio are the world’s<br />
first jackups to be designed<br />
and constructed to suit<br />
operations in the Norwegian<br />
Continental Shelf.<br />
KFELS SSDT TM<br />
Following the finalisation<br />
of the contract to<br />
build Vietnam’s first<br />
semisubmersible drilling<br />
tender for PetroVietnam<br />
Drilling and Well Services<br />
<strong>Corporation</strong>, <strong>Keppel</strong> FELS<br />
has struck first steel for the<br />
rig on 22 January <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Targeted for delivery in the<br />
fourth quarter of 2011, this<br />
tender assist rig will be built<br />
to <strong>Keppel</strong>’s award-winning<br />
KFELS SSDT TM 3600E design.<br />
Steely beginnings – Mr Nguyen Quynh Lam, CEO of Bien Dong Production & Operating<br />
Company, activates the cutting of the first steel for the KFELS SSDT while Mr Tong Chong<br />
Heong, CEO of <strong>Keppel</strong> Offshore & Marine, looks on<br />
keppelite<br />
<strong>Keppel</strong>ite I January <strong>2010</strong>
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