Saipem’s jack-up Perro Negro 11 was christened at a ceremony held 8 July 2022 at CIMC shipyard in Longkou (China) with CIMC Raffles, Ocean Challenger and Saipem attending
Perro Negro 11 is now officially part of the Saipem offshore drilling fleet. In line with Saipem’s asset-light strategy, the jack-up was chartered on a bareboat basis and committed to a five-year contract, with an additional two-year option, in the Middle East.
In addition, CIMC Raffles and Saipem signed a memorandum of understanding to explore future business opportunities in the offshore drilling, construction and new energy segments.
In late June, Saipem was awarded contracts worth US$1.25Bn, split between onshore and offshore work. Regarding the offshore work, Saipem signed four major new offshore contracts in the Middle East worth approximately US$650M. The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of several offshore jackets, decks, subsea pipelines, subsea composite cables, umbilicals, fibre-optic cables and brownfield modifications.
