Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured a contract from BOT Lease Co., Ltd (BOTL), an affiliated company of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, for a KFELS Super B Class jack-up rig worth about US$240 million.
Scheduled for completion at end 2016, the rig – which is provisionally named Hakuryu 15 – will be operated by Japan Drilling Co., Ltd (JDC) based on the leased agreement with BOTL.
Wong Kok Seng , Managing Director (Offshore) of Keppel O&M, said, “ We are pleased for this opportunity to support BOTL, and to join hands with our valued customer JDC once again. Hakuryu 15 is the second KFELS Super B Class jack-up rig that will join JDC’s fleet, and their support is a reiteration of their trust and confidence in our proprietary solutions and companies.