Seatrium Offshore Technology, the flagship offshore jack-up designer for Seatrium Group, has won an international tender from International Maritime Industries (IMI), the largest shipyard in the MENA region, for the supply of equipment and license for a LeTourneau Super 116E Class Self-Elevating Drilling Unit (SE-MODU), Kingdom 3.
This milestone marks the historic beginning of new-build construction in IMI since the yard’s opening and 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.
This marks the 44th order for the LeTourneau Super 116 series of jack-ups. Seatrium designed and built the world's first independent leg jack-up drilling rig in 1955 and is an acknowledged leader in the supply of offshore jack-up drilling rigs today. Seatrium has designed and been involved in the construction of more than half of all jack-up rigs in service and 65% of the jack-ups operating in the Middle East.
These orders underscore the Kingdom's 2030 Vision for advanced technology, sustainability, and independence in offshore drilling.
