Keppel to upgrade Noble drillships in Brazil

Keppel FELS Brasil has secured contracts from Noble Corporation (Noble) to upgrade and repair two of Noble’s Brazil-based drillships for US$304 million. The scope of work covers the fabrication, repair and replacement of components, including the stern section, accommodation blocks, sponsons and heliport. Work on the drillships, ‘Noble Leo Segerius’ and ‘Noble Roger Eason’, will be done sequentially at Keppel’s BrasFELS yard in Angra dos Reis, beginning with the arrival of the first drillship by early 2011. The two deliveries are scheduled between the last quarter of 2011 and the first half of 2012 respectively.