'Cuu Long' jackup enters shipyard for repairs
On the morning of the 28th April 2014, the ‘Cuu Long’ jackup rig was towed into dry dock at the Dung Quat Shipbuilding Industry Company Ltd. (DQS) shipyard in Vietnam. The unit which is owned and operated by VietSovPetro has entered the yard to undergo repair work. ‘Cuu Long’ jack-up rig has a length of 60.960 m, width 56.692m, height 6.988m, leg length of 126m and is capable of drilling wells to a maximum depth of 3000m. Estimated time for repairing the ‘Cuu Long’ jackup rig is 135 days with main electrical and automation systems, anti-corrosion painting, hull structure, ballast system, mechanical system, power system, drilling system. The total value of the contract is about 370 billion VND (USD17.2 million). Right after the rig arrived safely in the dock, DQS employees perform ventilation, lighting, installation of scaffolding, scraping fouling, washing with water, preservation of materials and equipment.