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Article: United Kingdom: Keppel AmFELS delivers jackup rig to Atwood Oceanics.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- December 24, 2008
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Byline: manish03
Keppel AmFELS Inc., the wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited in the Gulf of Mexico, has delivered a newbuild jackup rig to Atwood Oceanics Pacific Limited (AOPL).
The rig was christened Atwood Aurora by Ms. Deborah Beck, Corporate Executive Director of Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (the parent company of AOPL), at a ceremony on 6 December 2008.
Atwood Aurora has been awarded a contract by RWE Dea Nile GmbH ("RWE") for work offshore Egypt for two years with two separate options to extend the term to three years.
Built to the LeTourneau Super 116E design with leg lengths of 477 feet that can be upgraded to ...