Lamprell announced Tuesday it completed the construction of the jackup rig ‘Jindal Pioneer’ and delivered it to Singapore- based Dev Drilling Pte following an official ceremony at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in the UAE in January.
The contract for the “Jindal Pioneer” rig was signed in January 2013 and was delivered on time and within budget, Lamprell said.
‘Jindal Pioneer’ is the second rig with the LeTourneau Super 116E Enhanced Class design that it has delivered to Dev Drilling Pte, a company within India’s D. P. Jindal Group.
Its first rig ‘Jindal Star’ was delivered from Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in Q4 2013 and is currently deployed in the Bombay high oilfield, run by India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), offshore India.
Lamprell said it currently has seven new build jackups under construction at its Hamriyah facility with the construction of two other rigs due to start shortly.
Raghav Jindal, Managing Director, Dev Drilling Pte Ltd., commented: “The D.P. Jindal group continues to stride ahead in the upstream sector with the delivery of the ‘Jindal Pioneer’.
This LeTourneau Super 116E rig is the second rig of its kind and the fifth new generation rig in our expanding fleet of high specification jack ups.”
Jim Moffat, chief executive officer of Lamprell, said: “The ‘Jindal Pioneer’ rig is the first major project that Lamprell has delivered in 2015 and I am delighted that it has been to world class standards of quality, on schedule and within budget.
“Lamprell continues to deliver high quality products within its core business areas and we are proud to mark another significant achievement in the new build jackup area with the completion and delivery of this new project to the Jindal Group.”
