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7/26/2010 - KEPPEL SNARES PAIR OF CONTRACTS FOR SBM & QGOG
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Keppel Shipyard Limited and Keppel FELS Brasil secured two contracts totaling S$170 million from repeat customers for the conversion of an FPSO vessel and repair of a semisubmersible drilling rig, respectively.
The first contract is for the conversion of the VLCC M/T THESEUS into an FPSO facility for Single Buoy Moorings Inc (SBM). Keppel Shipyard’s scope of work includes the hull and marine conversion, upgrading of the accommodation, fabrication and installation of the flare tower, helideck, spread-mooring system, topside module supports as well as part of the topsides modules installation. Work is expected to commence in Q3 2010.
The second contract is by Keppel FELS Brasil with Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás (QGOG) for the repair and maintenance of their semi drilling rig, Alaskan Star. The workscope includes structural repairs, piping works, mechanical, accommodation outfitting and painting. Expected to be completed in October 2010, the rig will be chartered to Petrobras for deployment in the Campos Basin, Rio De Janeiro, offshore Brazil.
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