Marine Log - September 2008 - (Page 12) Update High bids in for 319 offshore Texas tracts The Western Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 207 attracted $487,297,676 in high bids. In all, 53 companies submitted 423 bids on 319 tracts comprising over 1.8 millions acres offshore Texas. Of those receiving bids, 17% were tracts in ultra-deep water. The deepest tract bid on was the Alaminos Canyon, Block 783 in 2,977m of water. The highest bid, $61,110,000, went for the Alaminos Canyon Block 380 by Statoli of Gulf of Mexico. INLAND • COASTAL • OFFSHORE • DEEPSEA Keppel FELS delivers jackup rig ahead of schedule eppel FELS Limited delivered a jackup drilling rig to Maersk Contractors ahead of schedule. The Maersk Resolute is the second in a series of four high efficiency jackups being built by Keppel for Maersk Contractors. The rig has been contracted to Dong Energy for operations in the Danish part of the North Sea for three years. Claus V. Hemminsen, CEO of Maersk Contractors, said, “the early delivery of Maersk Resolute is yet another significant milestone in the longstanding cooperation between Keppel FELS and Maersk Contractors.” The rigs have a maximum operating depth of 350 ft. and are suitable for drilling in deep, high temperature, and high pressure wells of 30,000 ft. Delivery of these rigs are scheduled at halfyear intervals. Maersk Resilient, the first rig, was delivered this past February and has commenced operations for Dubai Petroleum. K Aker Philadelphia lays keel Aker Philadelphia Shipyard laid the keel for the Veteran Class MT-46 product tanker last month. The tanker is the seventh of 12 tankers being built for the American Shipping Company. The MT-46 Product Tanker is expected to be chartered to OSG. Maersk Resolute is the second in a series of four high efficiency jackups being built by Keppel FELS for Maersk Contractors 12 MARINE LOG SEPTEMBER 2008 www.marinelog.com http://www.sener.es http://www.sener.es http://www.marinelog.com
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