Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has confirmed {that a} newbuild jack-up rig nearing completion on the Semcorp Marine Jurong shipyard in Singapore has been broken after it was hit by a collapsing crane.

The accident occurred final Friday when a crane’s growth collapsed close to the Noble Lloyd Noble jack-up rig. Noble stated that harm to the rig seems to be confined to 1 space, together with harm to one of many rig’s cranes. Some shipyard personnel sustained minor accidents within the accident. 

Construction on the Noble Lloyd Noble was anticipated to be accomplished through the second quarter of 2016, adopted by mobilization of the rig to the North Sea the place it was anticipated to start a four-year important time period contract with Statoil through the third quarter of 2016. Noble says that since the contract stipulates a graduation date of no later than March 1, 2017, a radical rig harm evaluation is required earlier than a revised schedule of supply and contract graduation might be decided.

The reason behind the incident is underneath investigation by the Singapore Ministry of Manpower, throughout which access to the rig will probably be restricted through the preliminary part. 

Noble at the moment owns and operates one of the trendy fleets within the offshore drilling trade, with 16 semi-submersible rigs and drillships in addition to 14 jack-ups.