China’s CIMC Raffles last Friday held a keel laying ceremony for a new semi-submersible drilling rig, the Beacon Atlantic.
This will be the ninth semi-submersible drilling rig built by CIMC Raffles. The ceremony was held at the company’s Yantai construction base.
Beacon Atlantic is the 6th semisubmersible drilling rig of the GM design. Scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2016, the rig will be owned by Beacon Holdings Group Ltd.
