Special Committee On Mobile Offshore Drilling Units News

ABS has been selected to class the first newbuild jackups for Petrobras in 25 years. The Brazilian energy giant has ordered two LeTourneau Technologies Inc. (LTI) Super S116E design jackups. The sister units, to be named Petrobras 59 and Petrobras 60, will be built at São Roque do Paraguaçu, Bahia, Brazil, by Consórcio Rio Paraguaçu. This consortium is composed by three major Brazilian contractors, Oderbrecht, Queiroz Galvão and UTC. The rigs are intended for operation offshore Brazil. ABS will class the self-elevating rigs that are capable of drilling under high pressure and high temperature, operating in water depth of up to 350 ft with drilling depth of up to 30,000 ft This type of high specification jackup has not been built in Brazil for nearly 25 years.