Global drilling and engineering contractor KCA Deutag said June 9 that it sold its Ben Rinnes jackup drilling unit to an integrated energy and services company for an undisclosed sum.
Built in Clydebank, Scotland, in 1973 and acquired by KCA Deutag in 2005, the Ben Rinnes was under contract offshore Angola until February. Since then, the ABS-classed Marathon Le Tourneau 53-S enhanced rig has been stacked in Gabon.
Norrie McKay, CEO of KCA Deutag, said the Ben Rinnes is the company’s last asset in the mobile offshore drilling fleet.
McKay said that two Category J jackups will begin work on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in 2017.
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