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Article: Brazil: Keppel FELS to build second semi for Brazil's QGOG.
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- June 4, 2008
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Byline: pinto03
Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured a US$385 million repeat order to build a semisubmersible drilling rig for Brazilian drilling contractor group Queiroz Galvao Oleo e Gas (QGOG). This price excludes the drilling and subsea equipment which will be supplied by QGOG.
To be named Alpha Star, the unit will be built at Keppel FELS to the DSSTM 38 design jointly developed by Keppel O&M's technology arm Deepwater Technology Group and Marine Structures Consultants of The Netherlands.
This latest rig is a repeat order of the first semisubmersible, Gold Star, which was awarded to Keppel FELS in August 2006.
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