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    1. Drilling & Completion

    MHWirth supplying drilling package for Awilco rig

    April 11, 2019
    Keppel FELS has contracted Akastor subsidiary MHWirth to supply a drilling equipment package for a new mid-water harsh-environment semisubmersible drilling rig ordered by Awilco Drilling.

    Offshore staff

    KRISTIANSAND, Norway – Keppel FELS has contracted Akastor subsidiary MHWirth to supply a drilling equipment package for a new mid-water harsh-environment semisubmersible drilling rig ordered by Awilco Drilling.

    This is the first of three options issued whenKeppel FELS and MHWirth signed a contract last April 2018 for a similar drilling equipment package.

    The rig will be built in Singapore and is expected to be delivered in 1Q 2022. Value of the contract to MH Wirth, including mid-water riser equipment, is around $100 million.

    04/11/2019