Abu Dhabi’s NDC takes delivery of new jackup from Lamprell

Abu Dhabi’s NDC takes delivery of new jackup from Lamprell

HAMRIYAH, United Arab Emirates -- Lamprell has completed construction of a further jackup rig, the Shuwehat, and delivered it to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC).

The contract for the rig was signed in April 2012. Shuwehat is the fifth in a series of eight rigs with the LeTourneau Super 116E (Enhanced) Class design which are being built and delivered by Lamprell to NDC.

This latest rig has been delivered to the client following the completion of the third and fourth rigs earlier this year.

The jackup was officially named, and completion marked, at a ceremony at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in the United Arab Emirates on Dec. 18, prior to the rig's departure for operations at its drilling location in Abu Dhabi.

The Shuwehat rig is the eleventh Super 116E jackup drilling unit that Lamprell and its subsidiaries have delivered to various clients during the last six years.