April 2010 - Keppel Corporation

Sustaining Growth 19Global rig repair specialistFrom all over the world,customers send their rigs toSingapore’s shores for repairservices at Keppel FELS.Concurrently, the yard alsodeploys its elite Flying Squadglobally to undertake repairsof offshore rigs of all sortsand sizes.Renowned to be safe, quickand cost-effective, theserepair services continue towin customers’ trust at homeand abroad and hence,fortifies Keppel FELS’ssteadfast name as theleading global rig repairspecialist.GOING THE DISTANCEEven with the associatedtime and costs involvedwhen towing their rigsto Singapore, customersworldwide continue toplace their rigs underKeppel FELS’s care, won overby the yard’s reliable trackrecord and high level ofefficiency.Songa Offshore’ssemisubmersible (semi)drilling unit, Songa Venus,was one such rig whichtravelled from Australia toSingapore for a specialperiodic survey.Backed by Keppel FELS’sstrong project managementcapabilities and rigconstruction and repairexpertise, the repairs onSonga Venus werecompleted on time andwithin budget on 15 March2010 after 45 days. This hadenabled the rig to return towork in offshore Australia inthe shortest possible time.FLYING TO THE RESCUEKeppel FELS’s elite FlyingSquad was recently laudedfor its exceptional 18-dayoffshore repair workonboard Diamond Offshore’sjackup rig, Ocean Heritage,conducted in March 2010at Cairo, Egypt.Mr Paul J. Agnew, SeniorProject Engineer at DiamondOffshore, commended theFlying Squad, “I would liketo express my appreciationand thanks to the KeppelFELS crew under thesupervision of Sim KongPeng for their excellentperformance in the repairs tothe damaged leg braces onthe Ocean Heritage. Theirknowledge and expertisewas instrumental to thesatisfactory completion ofthe project.” keppeliteDrawn by Keppel FELS’s expertise and reliability in repair work, customers like Songa Offshorebring their rigs to the Singapore yard despite costs and time involved in towageOcean Heritage returns to operational mode following timely repairs undertaken by KeppelFELS’s offshore repair specialists, the Flying SquadKeppelite I April 2010