Keppel FELS completes second major Singaporean project for Qatar
Posted: 28 January 2008
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Singapore-based subsidiary of Keppel Offshore and Marine Limited, Keppel FELS, has completed the construction of its second jack-up drilling rig for Gulf Drilling International Ltd. (GDI), a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Japan Drilling Co, Ltd (JDC), the company has announced.
The new rig, Al-Zubarah, was named after one of Qatar ’s very important economic centres by Mohammad Al-Shirrawi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of GDI during a ceremony on Saturday.
Built to Keppel’s proprietary KFELS B Class design, the rig has been customised to GDI’s requirements for drilling in the Arabian Gulf . Al-Zubarah is capable of operating in water depths of up to 300 feet, drilling 30,000 feet deep and accommodating up to 110 men.
“To make this rig ready for operations within such a tight schedule, many men and women have worked extremely hard and made many sacrifices,” Al-Shirrawi said.
Al-Zubarah is the second KFELS B Class jack-up that Keppel FELS has completed for GDI. The first rig, Al-Khor, is successfully operating offshore Qatar in the Arabian Gulf .
Apart from offshore drilling rigs, the Keppel Group is also building for Qatar its first integrated solid waste treatment facility and its largest wastewater treatment and reuse plant.
Other collaborations include the setting up of a shipyard in the port of Ras Laffan and the survey, maintenance and repair of a fleet of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carriers chartered by Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Ltd (Qatargas). |
