Keppel FELS shipyard has delivered two jackup rigs to the Mexican offshore oil and gas company, Grupo R.
Built to Keppel's KFELS B-class design, the rigs, 'Cantarell I' and 'Cantarell II', will be chartered to PEMEX, Mexico's national oil company, for operations in the Cantarell oil field in offshore Mexico.
They are the first two of five jackup rigs that Keppel FELS is building for Grupo R. The B-class jackups are designed to operate in water depths of up to 120 metres..
The rig is equipped with a fully automated rack and pinion jacking system and a self-positioning fixation system. It has accommodation for up to 150 persons.
With the two rigs delivered, there will be 10 KFELS B Class rigs working in Mexico, two of which are directly owned by PEMEX.
