Over two consecutive days on 2 and 3 February 2013, Keppel FELS held naming ceremonies for twin jackup rigs built for Transocean, and another jackup rig built for Asia Offshore Drilling (AOD), which is majority owned and managed by Seadrill Limited. For the early completion of two of these rigs, Keppel FELS will receive a combined bonus of about US$1.5 million.

Mr Wong Kok Seng, Managing Director (Offshore), Keppel Offshore & Marine, and Managing Director, Keppel FELS, said, "With some 20 rigs to deliver in 2013, we are working hard to maintain our high standards of delivering on time, within budget and without incidents. Of the rigs to be delivered this year, 15 are built to our KFELS B Class family of designs, four to our Super A Class design and one to our proprietary semisubmersible drilling tender design.

"We are pleased with the industry's acceptance of our rig designs which enables us to replicate our building process while still providing value-added and customised solutions. We are glad to be able to support our long-term customers like Transocean and Seadrill as they grow their fleet of high specification rigs."

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