Delivery Of Seventh Drilling Unit to NDC
Lamprell announces the completion of construction on the jack-up drilling rig Al Gharbia and its delivery to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC). Completion and delivery of the jack-up rig, on time and on budget, was marked at an inauguration ceremony held at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in the UAE on 22 December. The rig will depart the facility in late December en route to its drilling location in Abu Dhabi.
The contract for the rig was signed in November 2014 and this is the seventh rig in a series of nine rigs 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 two rigs are proceeding on schedule and will be delivered as planned in 2017.
Commenting on the delivery, Christopher McDonald, Chief Executive Officer of Lamprell, says: “I am pleased to announce the completion and delivery of this seventh jack-up rig to NDC, as planned. Rig Al Gharbia is the 25th jack-up drilling unit that Lamprell has delivered since its listing in 2006 and is the fourth jack-up rig that we have delivered in as many months. We look forward to working with NDC on the remaining two projects which are both proceeding well.”