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Seatrium awarded jack-up rig contract from IMI 

Thursday, February 20 2025

Fossil Energy – Newbuilding

Seatrium has won an international tender from International Maritime Industries (IMI), for the supply of equipment and license for a LeTourneau Super 116E Class Self-Elevating Drilling Unit (SE-MODU), Kingdom 3.

Seatrium and IMI representatives signed a landmark contract to construct next-generation offshore jack-up rigs in the MENA region.

This milestone marks the historic beginning of new-build construction in IMI since the yard’s opening. It underscores the start of an ambitious long-term partnership with IMI to construct offshore jack-ups in the Kingdom.

Seatrium provides clients the flexibility of building vessels in its yards or drawing from its suite of jack-up designs to provide rig kits to others to fulfill local content requirements.

The chosen design will be the LeTourneau Super 116E Class and is part of the next generation of jack-up designs customized for operational requirements within the MENA region. These rigs will be outfitted with 343 feet of leg and 1.5 million-pound hook load while utilizing advanced cyber systems.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling rig, IMI, International News, Jack up, LeTourneau, Seatrium Tagged With: drilling, IMI, jack up, Le Tourneau, Newbuilding, Seatrium, tender

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