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Samsung Heavy says wins $705 mln drillship order

Sun Jul 6, 2008 10:04pm EDT

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SEOUL, July 7 (Reuters) - Samsung Heavy Industries Co (010140.KS) said on Monday it had won a 739.2 billion won ($704.9 million) order to build a drillship for an unidentified shipper in the Americas.

The vessel will be delivered by the end of January, 2012, the South Korean company said in a disclosure to the Korea Exchange.

($1=1048.6 Won)

(Reporting by Kim Yeon-hee; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)



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