Two Japanese shipbuilders have recently received a contract valued at an estimated $280 million providing for delivery to the Canadian subsidiary of Gulf Oil Corp. of two offshore oil drilling rigs.
Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. recently received the orders from Gulf Canada Resources Inc. The contract was signed in Calgary, Alberta.
The rig to be constructed by Mitsui is to be of conical shape, double-hulled, and equipped with a 12-anchor mooring system. It will be capable of operating under the most severe weather conditions in the Beaufort Sea.
Ishikawajima-Harima's rig is to be a mobile arctic caisson structure weighing around 33,000 tons.