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Singapore's Keppel gets $205 mln Vietnam rig contract

Wed Mar 5, 2008 4:39am EST

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SINGAPORE, March 5 (Reuters) - Singapore's Keppel Corp (KPLM.SI) said on Wednesday it has won a $205 million contract to build a jackup rig for PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Services PVD.HM.

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The rig, with a drilling depth of 30,000 feet, is scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2009, Keppel said in a statement.

Keppel is the world's largest builder of offshore rigs. (Reporting by Kevin Lim; Editing by Lincoln Feast)



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