Dubai-based rig builder Lamprell has completed construction on the jackup drilling rig Qarnin (pictured) and its delivery to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC).
The on time and on budget completion was marked at a ceremony held at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in the UAE February 13.
The rig will depart the facility late February for Abu Dhabi.
The NDC Qarnin is the third rig in a series of six identical rigs being built and delivered by Lamprell to NDC.
All six rigs have been or will be designed according to the Cameron LeTourneau Super 116E (Enhanced) Class design. Qarnin rig now joins its sister rigs, Makasib, which was delivered by Lamprell to NDC in July 2012, and Muhaiyimat, which was delivered in December 2012.
The remaining three rigs are all proceeding on schedule and will be delivered as planned in 2014/15.
With the delivery of the Qarnin, Lamprell has now delivered a total of 20 new build jackup rigs, and its eighth Super 116E jackup drilling unit to various clients during the last six years.
