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During late February this year,

Sembcorp Marine’s Singapore shipyard,

Jurong Shipyard, signed two contracts for

US$540 million each to build two drill- ships, with options for three additional

Vessels

Newbuilds ready units, from a subsidiary of Transocean.

Scheduled for delivery during 2Q 2017 and 1Q 2018, the Jurong Espadon III design represents the next generation for center stage of high-speci? cation drillships with

By Alan Thorpe advanced capabilities for operational ef? - here have been a number of offshore oil and gas company. The ciency and ultra-deepwater development newbuilding orders for series of ? rst vessel will be delivered in 2015. drilling operations worldwide. The drill-

T drillships, especially for deepwa- However, the yard is a new one and ships will be equipped with state-of-the- ter and ultra-deepwater operations, from many expect delays in this delivery art drilling facilities, a large moonpool various oil and gas contractors through- program. to cater for a larger riser angle, and bilge out the world over the past few years. The Jurong Espadon drillship rep- boxes designed for superior motion char-

Many are now coming to the latter stages resents the next generation of high- acteristics. The ships also feature larger of delivery. The main source for these speci? cation drillships with advanced deck space with enclosed riser bay and ships is South Korea, where Hyundai capabilities for operational ef? ciency and round mud pits inside the hull for opera-

Heavy Industries (HHI), Samsung ultra-deepwater operations worldwide. tional ef? ciency and safety. Equipped

Heavy Industries (SHI), and Daewoo The drillship will be equipped with state- with DP3 capabilities, the drillships will

Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of-the-art drilling facilities, a larger deck be able to operate in water depths up to (DSME) are the main recipients. area with a 131ft (40m) wide main deck, 12,000ft (3658m) and drill to depths of

One of the main orders outside South ef? cient deck arrangement, and a large 40,000ft (12,192m), with accommodation

Korea involves Brazil’s Jurong Aracruz, moonpool for enhanced drilling opera- facilities for a crew of 220 personnel.

part of Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine. tions, as well as DP3 capabilities, superior Another Singapore shipyard offer-

The order comes from Sete Brasil, for motion features and azimuth thrusters for ing drillship designs is Keppel FELS, the design and construction of a series improved maneuverability. The design a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel of drillships based on Jurong Shipyard’s enables the vessel to operate in 10,000ft Offshore & Marine, which is proceed-

Jurong Espadon drillship design. Since (3050m) water depth and drill to depths ing witht the building of its new CAN 2012, this shipyard has been awarded a of 40,000ft (12,192m), with accommoda- DO drillship. When completed, in 2016, total of seven sister ships for the same tion facilities for 180 personnel. the drillship will be a state-of-the-art

The drillship Atwood Advantage alongside at DSME.

Photo from Atwood Oceanics.

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