Lamprell Delivers Eighth Drilling Unit for National Drilling Company
Lamprell announces the completion of construction on a further jack-up drilling rig, the Al Hudairiyat, and its delivery to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC), within budget and as scheduled. Completion and delivery of the jack-up rig was marked at an inauguration ceremony held at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in the UAE. The rig will depart the facility in Q1 en route to its drilling location in Abu Dhabi.
The contract for the rig was signed in November 2014 and this is the eighth rig in a series of nine being built and delivered by Lamprell to NDC. All nine rigs have been designed according to the Cameron LeTourneau Super 116E (Enhanced) Class design. The remaining rig is proceeding on schedule and will be delivered as planned in the first half of 2017.
NDC Chief Executive Officer, Abdalla Saeed Al Suwaidi, comments, “The mega project of building and acquiring a series of nine world-class jack-up rigs has produced success after success, not only for the partners involved, but for the UAE in general. The achievement demonstrates world standard capability and represents a great source of pride.”
Commenting on the delivery, Christopher McDonald, Chief Executive Officer at Lamprell, says, “I am pleased to announce the on-time delivery of this eighth jackup rig to NDC, our largest client, and this helps to cement our deep relationship with this key customer. We are proud to construct this latest project in the UAE, where we have such strong ties. This is the 26th new build jack-up rig that we have delivered since we listed in 2006 and we are scheduled to deliver the next rig, also to NDC, within a matter of months, as planned.”