Karen Tiffen News

World's Largest Jack-up Rig Named

In a ceremony held at the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore, the ultra harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Intrepid was named in the presence of the Guest of Honour Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport in Singapore. With a leg length of 206.8 m (678 ft) the rigs are the world’s largest jack-up rigs and are designed for year round operation in the North Sea, in water depths up to 150 m (492 ft). Maersk Intrepid, named by Karen Tiffen, wife of Martin Tiffen, Managing Director of Total E&P Norge AS…