Shell and Frontier JV to build GustoMSC designed drill ships
16 October 2007
On 12 October 2007 Shell EP Offshore Ventures Ltd. and Frontier Drillships Ltd., a subsidiary of Frontier Drilling, have signed a deepwater/arctic drillship Joint Venture agreement. Under the agreement, Shell and Frontier will build and rollout a new drillship concept, known as the “Bully” rig. GustoMSC designed the “Bully” as a customization of its proprietary PRD12,000 design drillship, and adapting the unit for a Huisman-Itrec MPT (Multi-Purpose Tower) drilling system.
The “Bully” rig design offers a flexible, smaller but highly capable, vessel suited for deepwater and arctic drilling, while reducing the construction and operational costs compared to other deepwater drill ships of similar capacity.
GustoMSC press release, 16 October 2007
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