Noble Corp. Orders Two More Newbuild JU3000N Jackup Rigs

摘要

Noble Corp. (Baar, Switzerland) announced in August that it had exercised approximately $490 million in contract options with Sembcorp Marine's (Singapore) subsidiary Jurong Shipyard (Singapore) for the construction of two more JU3000N jackup drilling rigs. With the order, Noble Corp. now has six newbuild jackup rigs under construction with Jurong.Able to operate in water depths up to 400 feet and drill to depths of 30,000 feet, the two jackup rigs will be delivered during the third and fourth quarters of 2014, after which they will be mobilized and submitted to acceptance testing by future customers. Including project management, spares and start-up costs, the cost is approximately $245 million per rig.