SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (SDRL) & Seadrill Limited sign MOU to integrate their tender rig businesses. The new and restructured tender rig business will mark a new phase of cooperation between the two companies. In addition SapuraKencana will also be offered the right to be the manager for three further tender rigs which are not part of the transaction. These rigs, West Vencedor, T-15 and T-16, are today either owned or planned to be owned by Seadrill Partners LLC and are therefore not included in the transaction. The operating rigs and the new-builds are all currently contracted under long-term fixed price contracts with companies such as Chevron, Shell, PTTEP, and Petronas Carigali. The total order backlog amounts to USD 1.55 billion as of end of October 2012.
