BETHLEHEM LAYS KEEL FOR TEMPLE RIG — The keel was laid recently by Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point, Md., shipyard for a Temple Drilling Company mobile jackup oil rig, the Cheyenne. The new rig will be similar to the Comanche, shown above drilling for Gulf Oil Company in 50 feet of water southwest of New Orleans, which was delivered by Bethlehem's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard last December. The Cheyenne, which will be capable of drilling in a water depth of 200 feet, is scheduled to be delivered by the Sparrows Point yard in April 1982.
BETHLEHEM LAYS KEEL FOR TEMPLE RIG
Photo caption
Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point yard laid the keel for the Cheyenne, a Temple Drilling Company jackup rig similar to the Comanche, with delivery scheduled for April 1982.
Mentioned in this article
Company
- Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Md. and Beaumont, Texas shipyards
- Temple Drilling Company rig owner
- Gulf Oil Company rig charterer
Vessel
- Cheyenne mobile jackup oil rig under construction
- Comanche jackup rig delivered December
Transcribed from the September 15, 1981 print edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News. Text is OCR-derived and may contain errors.