So who are this year's "super spenders" for new vessels? As Clarkson's research and analyst guru Dr. Martin Stopford sees it, they are "are the offshore investors who have ordered $1.6 billion of supply boats; $12.6 billion of drillships and $1.6 billion of FP structures." By "investors," Dr. Stopford means that "a lot of the money being spent on newbuildings is coming from sources other than those who will operate the vessels." For instance, in May, Singapore's Keppel FELS reported that returning customer, Oslo-listed S.D. Standard Drilling Plc (Standard Drilling), had ordered four repeat KFELS B Class rigs worth $772 million. Standard Drilling ordered its first jackup rig from Keppel FELS in November 2010 with two options.
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机译：那么，今年谁是新船的“超级买家”呢？正如克拉克森的研究和分析专家马丁·斯托福德（Martin Stopford）所看到的那样，他们是“已订购16亿美元补给船，126亿美元钻探船和16亿美元FP结构的海上投资者。”斯托福德（Stopford）博士所说的“投资人”表示，“用于建造新船的很多钱都来自那些将要运营这些船只的资金。”例如，5月，新加坡的吉宝FELS报告说，回头客是在奥斯陆上市的S.D.。 Standard Drilling Plc（Standard Drilling）已订购四台重复的KFELS B级钻机，价值7.72亿美元。 Standard Drilling于2010年11月从吉宝FELS订购了其第一台自升式钻机，有两种选择。
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