Article: Brazil : Keppel wins US$385 million semisubmersible rig contract from Brazilian driller.

Byline: manish03

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), 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, this deepwater platform will be built 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 ...

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