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Keppel delivers Arabdrill 70 ahead of schedule
By Marie RYAN
Rigs in the Johor Strait.
Image courtesy of Budak
Singapore’s Keppel FELS has delivered well and remains in strong demand even look forward to building on that success
the ARABDRILL 70, a KFELS B Class in the current low oil price environ- in the future,” he said.
jackup rig, to Arabian Drilling Company ment,” Mr Wong Kok said. ARABDRILL 70 is the 61st KFELS
(ADC) three days ahead of schedule, on “This is our eighth delivery this year and B Class rig delivered since 2000. The
budget and with a perfect safety record. we continue to focus on executing our KFELS B Class design has a market
ARABDRILL 70 is the fourth KFELS B projects well, ensuring on-time and on- share of about a quarter of all jackup rigs
Class jackup rig to work for ADC. budget deliveries. Besides newbuild rigs, delivered in the last 15 years. The inno-
Keppel FELS had previously delivered we are also actively engaged in repair vative and cost-effective KFELS B Class
two jackup rigs, ARABDRILL 50 and and modification projects for our cus- jackup rig has proven to be the trusted
ARABDRILL 60 in June 2013 and De- tomers. By the end of this year, Keppel workhorse of the industry, and has per-
cember 2013 respectively. The jackups FELS would have completed 17 repair formed excellently in major offshore ex-
have since been operating successfully projects,” he said. ploration and development programmes
for ADC and their charterer, Saudi Ara- Mr Ali Hamid Al-Ghamdi, Managing in various locations worldwide. It has
mco, Saudi Arabia’s national oil compa- Director (Administration) of Arabi- been employed by some 20 international
ny. ADC also acquired ARABDRILL 30 an Drilling Company said ADC was drilling operators in over 15 countries.
in 2009. In addition to these rigs, Keppel pleased to receive another high quality Developed by Keppel’s technology arm,
FELS built a KFELS Super B Class rig, rig from Keppel FELS. Offshore Technology Development
SAR 202, directly for Saudi Aramco in 2012. “This will bring our offshore fleet to 8 (OTD), the KFELS B Class jackup design
Managing Director of Keppel O&M units, placing ADC in a favourable po- is able to operate in water depths of up
(Offshore) and Keppel FELS Mr Wong sition to contribute to the growth of the to 400 feet and drill to depths of 30,000
Kok Seng said the company had built oil industry in the region. The first three feet. It incorporates Keppel’s advanced
long-standing partnerships with quality rigs have been performing exceptionally and fully-automated high capacity rack
customers which enable us to under- well and we are confident that ARAB- and pinion jacking system, and self-posi-
stand their needs and deliver projects DRILL 70 will perform just as well, if not tioning Fixation System. Designed with
that are well-received in the market, better,” Mr Al-Ghamdi said. industry-leading features for safety and
efficiently and safely each time. “The relationship between ADC and environmental friendliness, the KFELS
“We are proud that our proprietary Keppel has been very successful and we B Class provides maximum uptime with
KFELS B Class design has served ADC reduced emissions and discharges.§
ABB’s Power Management System relaunched as Process Power Manager
Process Power Manager is ABB’s new system can optimize how much energy cesses offline in between 80 and 100
name for its Power Management System: is generated and how much spinning milliseconds. In the two years since its
a software solution that helps energy-in- reserve is maintained, and it can auto- installation at the facility, ABB calculates
tensive industries to optimise the way matically bring generators on and off that the system saved the operator $40
electricity is generated and distributed line to balance loads. It can even predict million in averted disruption and down-
around their plants. changes in loading and make pre-emp- time, including one incident in which a
It does this by integrating switchgear and tive adjustments to the turbines. small earthquake simultaneously tripped
process equipment using System 800xA, It can also instantly take processes off three turbines.
ABB’s flagship industrial automation line if load shedding is required, and As well as load balancing, the system
platform. The aim is to improve the it can be programmed to understand a offers a range of additional functionality,
responsiveness of the electrical system to given plant’s production priorities so the including data acquisition from process
what’s happening with the process ma- least safety critical operations are halted first. machinery that can help with measure-
chinery, and to provide production en- In one gas processing plant where the ment and trending, fault diagnosis and
gineers with a complete picture of both system was installed, it was able to alarm activation. What’s more, it can be
that they can access on a single screen. respond to the sudden loss of a 22MW adapted and scaled up or down to fit the
What this means is that, for example, the generator by taking non-critical pro- needs of most industrial processes, no
matter their size or complexity.
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Keppel delivers Arabdrill 70 ahead of schedule
By Marie RYAN
Rigs in the Johor Strait.
Image courtesy of Budak
Singapore’s Keppel FELS has delivered well and remains in strong demand even look forward to building on that success
the ARABDRILL 70, a KFELS B Class in the current low oil price environ- in the future,” he said.
jackup rig, to Arabian Drilling Company ment,” Mr Wong Kok said. ARABDRILL 70 is the 61st KFELS
(ADC) three days ahead of schedule, on “This is our eighth delivery this year and B Class rig delivered since 2000. The
budget and with a perfect safety record. we continue to focus on executing our KFELS B Class design has a market
ARABDRILL 70 is the fourth KFELS B projects well, ensuring on-time and on- share of about a quarter of all jackup rigs
Class jackup rig to work for ADC. budget deliveries. Besides newbuild rigs, delivered in the last 15 years. The inno-
Keppel FELS had previously delivered we are also actively engaged in repair vative and cost-effective KFELS B Class
two jackup rigs, ARABDRILL 50 and and modification projects for our cus- jackup rig has proven to be the trusted
ARABDRILL 60 in June 2013 and De- tomers. By the end of this year, Keppel workhorse of the industry, and has per-
cember 2013 respectively. The jackups FELS would have completed 17 repair formed excellently in major offshore ex-
have since been operating successfully projects,” he said. ploration and development programmes
for ADC and their charterer, Saudi Ara- Mr Ali Hamid Al-Ghamdi, Managing in various locations worldwide. It has
mco, Saudi Arabia’s national oil compa- Director (Administration) of Arabi- been employed by some 20 international
ny. ADC also acquired ARABDRILL 30 an Drilling Company said ADC was drilling operators in over 15 countries.
in 2009. In addition to these rigs, Keppel pleased to receive another high quality Developed by Keppel’s technology arm,
FELS built a KFELS Super B Class rig, rig from Keppel FELS. Offshore Technology Development
SAR 202, directly for Saudi Aramco in 2012. “This will bring our offshore fleet to 8 (OTD), the KFELS B Class jackup design
Managing Director of Keppel O&M units, placing ADC in a favourable po- is able to operate in water depths of up
(Offshore) and Keppel FELS Mr Wong sition to contribute to the growth of the to 400 feet and drill to depths of 30,000
Kok Seng said the company had built oil industry in the region. The first three feet. It incorporates Keppel’s advanced
long-standing partnerships with quality rigs have been performing exceptionally and fully-automated high capacity rack
customers which enable us to under- well and we are confident that ARAB- and pinion jacking system, and self-posi-
stand their needs and deliver projects DRILL 70 will perform just as well, if not tioning Fixation System. Designed with
that are well-received in the market, better,” Mr Al-Ghamdi said. industry-leading features for safety and
efficiently and safely each time. “The relationship between ADC and environmental friendliness, the KFELS
“We are proud that our proprietary Keppel has been very successful and we B Class provides maximum uptime with
KFELS B Class design has served ADC reduced emissions and discharges.§
ABB’s Power Management System relaunched as Process Power Manager
Process Power Manager is ABB’s new system can optimize how much energy cesses offline in between 80 and 100
name for its Power Management System: is generated and how much spinning milliseconds. In the two years since its
a software solution that helps energy-in- reserve is maintained, and it can auto- installation at the facility, ABB calculates
tensive industries to optimise the way matically bring generators on and off that the system saved the operator $40
electricity is generated and distributed line to balance loads. It can even predict million in averted disruption and down-
around their plants. changes in loading and make pre-emp- time, including one incident in which a
It does this by integrating switchgear and tive adjustments to the turbines. small earthquake simultaneously tripped
process equipment using System 800xA, It can also instantly take processes off three turbines.
ABB’s flagship industrial automation line if load shedding is required, and As well as load balancing, the system
platform. The aim is to improve the it can be programmed to understand a offers a range of additional functionality,
responsiveness of the electrical system to given plant’s production priorities so the including data acquisition from process
what’s happening with the process ma- least safety critical operations are halted first. machinery that can help with measure-
chinery, and to provide production en- In one gas processing plant where the ment and trending, fault diagnosis and
gineers with a complete picture of both system was installed, it was able to alarm activation. What’s more, it can be
that they can access on a single screen. respond to the sudden loss of a 22MW adapted and scaled up or down to fit the
What this means is that, for example, the generator by taking non-critical pro- needs of most industrial processes, no
matter their size or complexity.
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