Butinah

Engineering and contracting services provider Lamprell has completed construction on the jackup drilling rig and delivered it to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC).

After departing from Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility on 1 May, the new ‘Butinah’ rig is sailing to its drilling location in the Zakum Field off Abu Dhabi.

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Last week, NDC excercised its option Lamprell to build its ninth rig, which joins its sister rigs, the Makasib, the Muhaiyimat, the Qarnin, the Marawwah and recently the Shuwehat that was delivered in December 2014.

All nine rigs designed by Lamprell are according to the Cameron LeTourneau Super 116E (enhanced) class design.

"Delivery of the new rig will bring the total number of Lamprell new build jackup units delivered to 27."

Delivery of the new rig will bring the total number of Lamprell new build jackup units delivered to 27, and its fourteenth Super 116E jackup drilling unit to different clients during the last nine years.

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NDC also has further options for the engineering company to construct up to an additional two jackup rigs, which have been extended to third quarter of 2015.

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NDC chief executive officer Abdalla Saeed Al Suwaidi said: "NDC has launched this strategic offshore rigs acquisition project to maintain the highest levels of reliability and availability in order to meet clients’ present and future requirements.

"Our partnership with Lamprell to build offshore jackup rigs in the UAE has made us the first and only Middle Eastern country capable of building such critical engineering, high-tech oil and gas rigs."

Image: NDC’s new rig ‘Butinah’ is sailing to its drilling location in the Zakum Field off Abu Dhabi. Photo: courtesy of Lamprell plc.