Keppel FELS Limited, a Singapore-based company recently named “Largest manufacturer of offshore rigs – current” by Guinness World Records, has delivered a KFELS B Class jack-up rig to Mexican national oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX).
The rig was named Yunuen by Lady Sponsor Valerie Pahl-Hernandez , wife of Gustavo Hernandez Garcia, PEMEX’s Director General of Exploration & Production, at a ceremony at Keppel FELS today.
Yunuen is the first of two jack-up rigs Keppel is building directly for PEMEX. It will join another six KFELS B Class rigs that PEMEX has chartered from drilling contractors for deployment in offshore Mexico. Keppel also has another eight KFELS B Class jack-up rigs currently under construction for Mexican companies.
Chow Yew Yuen , CEO of Keppel O&M said: “We are pleased to once again be able to support PEMEX and Mexico with the on time, on budget and safe delivery of another state-of-the-art rig. This is the seventh KFELS B Class jack-up that will work in Mexico and is testament to the strength of this design for owners and operators in the region. We have a second KFELS B Class jack-up rig being built directly for PEMEX and another seven for Mexican drilling contractors that will be chartered to PEMEX.”
The KFELS B Class jack-up is designed to operate in water depths of up to 350 feet and drill to depths of 30,000 feet. It has accommodation for 120 persons.
Gustavo Hernández Garcia , Director General of Pemex E&P, said, “As Mexico’s exploration and production programme continues to grow, high specification and high performance jack-up rigs like the YUNUEN will be vital in our bid to increase oil production. We are committed to our plans for E&P growth while ensuring that we maximise cost-savings and get the best value where we can. The KFELS B Class rigs have proven to be robust, efficient and economical, and the six that are currently under our charter have been performing excellently. Keppel has been a reliable partner for us with their superior execution capabilities as the world leader in the design and construction of offshore rigs.”