Construction completed in 14 months by 2,500 workers - Second hull of world's largest rig leaves Drydocks World-Dubai for Norway.Drydocks World - Dubai a subsidiary of Drydocks World, added another feather in it's cap on Tuesday, April 15 2008, by delivering the giant Aker H-6e, semi-submersible drilling rig hull. This 120-metre long rig hull is the second such vessel delivered by Drydocks World - Dubai within 8 months after delivering the first one in August 2007. Considering the massive size of and weight (16000 tonnes), this is a stupendous stu·pen·dous adj. 1. Of astounding force, volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous. 2. Amazingly large or great; huge. See Synonyms at enormous. achievement. Mr. Nawal Saigal, Managing Director said that this achievement "confirms yet again that Drydocks World- Dubai has become a leading player in the global marine industry. It is testimony to Dubai's position as the most appropriate centre for being assigned giant projects that require advanced equipment and high-end technology, besides the trustworthiness trustworthiness Ethics A principle in which a person both deserves the trust of others and does not violate that trust and experience which crown our efforts to achieve excellence." "Drydocks World- Dubai is growing steadily and strengthening it's global footprint in the fields of Ship repair, Conversions and Ship building. Our highly skilled and motivated mo·ti·vate tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo work force coupled with state of the art facilities, world's largest drydock and homegrown home·grown adj. 1. Raised or grown at home. 2. Originating in or characteristic of a locality: "Rock is homegrown music in the United States, evolved from blues and country and Tin Pan Alley" 2000t floating crane are attracting the discerning dis·cern·ing adj. Exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; perceptive. dis·cern  ing·ly adv. global clients to
entrust mega projects to our expanding yard". Repeat orders of our
old valued customers is a testimony to our superb quality and excellent
customer service.
Hans Petter Jacobsen, Business Manager of Aker Solutions, praised the efforts put in by the management of Drydocks World- Dubai and the facilities they provided for this major project. "They ensured the highest safety and security standards, which is reflected in the fact that no accidents occurred during the construction of the drilling rig hull given that more than 2,500 engineers, technicians and workers were involved in the project over a period of 14 months," he noted. The huge bracings fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: and installed between the twin hulls and columns have a diameter of upto 3.75 m and plate thickness upto 50mm. Total weight of these bracings is about 1000 meters and length about 475m. These bracings have been rolled in house, using the versatile rolling machine A rolling machine is a machine that is designed to roll either tobacco or cannabis into individual cigarettes or joints. To roll a cigarette (B) with cannabis, one must break up the smoking material (C) as well as remove any stems so they won't puncture the paper. recently commissioned in the yard. This is one of the largest drilling rig hulls to be towed, she will mate with the deck at Stord. The rigs have been specially designed to conquer the challenges of deepwater drilling operations in harsh environments and can drill upto 7,000 metres through rock while deployed in waters up to 3 000 metres deep, giving a maximum drill string length of 10 000 metres. While celebrating this great success Drydocks World Dubai are poised to take on new challenges and embark on Verb 1. embark on - get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans even more advanced and demanding projects. [c] 2008 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com) |
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