Exploration • Drilling • Field Services
Field services contracts can run into hundreds of millions of dollars as oil and gas companies strive to improve the efficiency and reliability of their operations. Sean Ottewell reports.
Sean Ottewell informa que los contratos de servicios en el sector pueden generar cientos de millones de dólares, a medida que las empresas de petróleo y gas intentan mejorar la eficacia y la fiabilidad de sus operaciones.
Verträge für den Außendienst können sich auf Hunderte Millionen Dollar belaufen, da Öl- und Gasunternehmen eine Verbesserung der Effizienz und Zuverlässigkeit ihrer Betriebe anstreben. Sean Ottewell berichtet.
Jack-up rig drills to depths of 30,000ft
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Fig. 1. Sullom Voe handles oil and gas from both mature and emerging offshore fields.
eppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel AmFELS has won a contract from Central Panuco to build a KFELS B class jack-up rig
worth US$240 million (€177 million). Scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2015, the jack-up rig is intended for operations offshore Mexico. Te thirteenth KFELS B class jack-up
rig ordered for the Mexican market since 2010, this one will be able to operate in water depths of up to 400 ft, drill to depths of 30,000ft, and accommodate 126 people. To date, Keppel AmFELS has completed Tonala, an ultra premium KFELS B class jack-up rig for Perforadora Central in 2004, followed by Tuxpan,
a LeTourneau S116E rig in 2010. Te Papaloapan jack-up, which was ordered by Perforadora Central in March 2011, was successfully delivered in April this year. Currently under construction is the Coatzacoalcos jack-up which is on track for completion in the first quarter of 2014.
A spokesperson from Central Panuco
parent company Perforadora Central said: “Tere is strong demand from Pemex for high quality rigs and the KFELS B class is a top class jack-up with a proven track record operating in Mexico. Our current KFELS B class jack-up in operation, the Tonala, has been performing outstandingly for Pemex and we are confident that this next jack-up will be just as successful. It is an important
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