Keppel to build new CAN DO drillship by 2016

Keppel FELS Ltd (Keppel FELS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), is proceeding with the building of its new CAN DO drillship. This drillship was designed base on positive feedback and strong enquiries from the market. 

 

When completed in 2016, the drillship is expected to be a state-of-the-art deepwater exploration, development and completion drilling vessel. The newly developed design is capable of handling next generation 20K psi blowout preventers. 

Most modern drillships currently in operation were designed and built for exploration drilling. CAN DO drillship is designed to overcome the constraints of limited deck space found in most modern day drillships.

Apart from incorporating exploration drilling requirements, the design allows for the installation of third party equipment invariably required for development and completion drilling through the incorporation of a large functional deck space. In addition, the drillship has a double blowout preventer stack integrated into the design, and has a riser hold capacity meeting 12,000 feet water depth with the flexibility of storing either 75-foot or 90-foot long risers.