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Keppel AMFELS

Brownsville TX

Most recent update: December 26, 2020.

Keppel AMFELS was originally established in 1971 by Marathon Manufacturing, to supplement the capacity of its Vicksburg facility: it was renamed Marathon LeTourneau in 1975 when Marathon teamed up with LeTourneau Engineering. After the collapse of the offshore market in the mid-1980s, the yard was sold to local investors called Allison/McDermid, but when the market picked up again in 1991, Keppel FELS bought it and renamed it AMFELS, the AM standing for the previous owners, but they changed it to Keppel AmFELS in 2004, the Am standing for American. See an aerial view of the yard on Google here. Note that LeTourneau had a single series of hull numbers regardless of where a rig was built: the list below is believed to be complete, despite the many breaks in the numbering. See the LeTourneau table for the full list.

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O/N Name Customer Rig Type GT LOA Price ($M) Delivered Notes
Built by Marathon Manufacturing
41 BND Tug No. 1 Brownsville Nav. Dist. towboat 91 60 1972
42 543039 BND Tug No. 2 Brownsville Nav. Dist. towboat 91 60 1972
Ste. Genevieve Norman Bros. towboat 1972 later Landon Young
548851 John C. Byrd Ole Man River Towing towboat 486 126 1973 later Thomas Golding
558719 Tallahatchie W. & M. Transportation towboat 549 114 1974 later Bethany Dawn
58 7367457 Pentagone 82 Forex Neptune semi-submersible 7,365 325 23 Oct 1973 later Pride Mexico
Built by Marathon LeTourneau
66 562372 Penrod 71 Penrod Drilling semi-submersible 21,503 288 Feb 1975 later Petrobras 27
67 8753665 Penrod 72 Penrod Drilling semi-submersible 20,390 288 20 Sep 1975 later Molly Brown
73 8753691 Penrod 75 Penrod Drilling semi-submersible 20,048 288 Aug 1976 later Estesco
88 568267 Shenandoah Atwood Oceanics jack-up 5,403 248 Nov 1975 later Kedarnath
93 8752142 Key Largo Key International jack-up 7,345 247 May 1976 later Pride Wisconsin
96 574668 Penrod 68 Penrod Drilling jack-up 7,208 250 Oct 1976 later Ensco 68
117 583169 W. D. Kent Reading & Bates jack-up 5,837 300 July 1977
120 589096 Penrod 98 Penrod Drilling jack-up 4,631 200 Dec 1977 later Noble Ed Noble
123 587762 Texas Star jack-up 2,272 148 Dec 1977 later Perro Negro 4
126 595116 Galveston Key Key International jack-up 6,100 248 July 1978 later GSF Galveston Key
129 599308 Mr. Dave Fluor Drilling jack-up 4,158 207 Nov 1978 later Ocean Columbia
130 601699 Randolph Yost Reading & Bates jack-up 4,702 243 Feb 1979
132 607238 Western Triton II Western Oceanic jack-up 4,572 207 June 1979 later Noble Earl Frederickson
137 613747 Western Triton III Western Oceanic jack-up 3,847 207 Nov 1979 later Sonora
138 8756540 Gulfstream Chiles Offshore jack-up 2,272 148 30 Aug 1979 later Rig 26
144 8756370 Trident IV Sedco Forex jack-up 5,876 243 Mar 1980
146 621977 Keyes 250 Keyes Drilling jack-up 4,072 207 May 1980 later Ensco 97
152 625086 Gulfwind Chiles Offshore jack-up 2,503 153 Aug 1980 wrecked 2005
158 629256 Key Manhattan Key International jack-up 6,334 243 Dec 1980 later GSF Key Manhattan
160 631075 Glomar High Island V Global Marine jack-up 4,659 206 Feb 1981 later GSF High Island V
161 636550 Glomar Adriatic I Global Marine jack-up 4,776 233 June 1981 later GSF Adriatic I
162 640037 Glomar Adriatic II Global Marine jack-up 4,776 233 Sep 1981 later GSF Adriatic II
165 634110 Penrod 86 Penrod Drilling jack-up 4,783 207 Dec 1981 later Ensco 86
168 645637 Penrod 88 Penrod Drilling jack-up 4,699 200 Mar 1982 later Ensco 88
169 647859 Penrod 90 Penrod Drilling jack-up 4,699 200 June 1982 later Ensco 90
175 652063 Rowan Halifax Rowan Drilling jack-up 6,456 243 Dec 1982
182 653116 Seabee Chiles Offshore jack-up 4,843 207 Nov 1982 later Noble Tom Jobe
212 663783 Glomar Baltic I Global Marine jack-up 10,529 270 Dec 1983 later GSF Baltic I
214 682070 Penrod 99 Penrod Drilling jack-up 4,631 200 May 1985 later Ensco 99
Built by AMFELS
163 Maersk Rig 21 Maersk Venezuela drilling barge 1991 later GP-21
164 Maersk Rig 22 Maersk Venezuela drilling barge 1992 later GP-22
165 Maersk Rig 51 Maersk Venezuela drilling barge 1,781 190 1994 later Rig 12
166 Maersk Rig 52 Maersk Venezuela drilling barge 1,781 190 1994 later Rig 52
167 Maersk Rig 61 Maersk Venezuela drilling barge 2,864 200 Dec 1994 later Rig 61
168 Maersk Rig 62 Maersk Venezuela drilling barge 2,864 200 Jan 1995 later Rig 62
City of New York skimmer Vessel 1993
172 1037624 Margaret Sue Martin Gas Marine tank barge 6,179 432 Feb 1996
67 1056225 B.B.C. Barge No. 2 Brownsville Barge & crane barge 220 Aug 1997
105 B.B.C. Barge No. 5 Brownsville Barge & crane barge 200 Feb 1999 inactive
115 1089972 B.B.C. Falcon Brownsville Barge & crane derrick barge 823 140 Mar 2000
135 1103983 B.B.C. Eagle Brownsville Barge & crane derrick barge 757 134 Jan 2001
178 8764420 Chiles Columbus Chiles Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 92 May 1999 later Ensco 74, destroyed 2008
179 8764626 Chiles Magellan Chiles Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 92 Oct 1999 later Ensco 75, Valaris JU-75
180 8764212 Maersk Pioneer Maersk Venezuela drilling barge 3,075 200 Oct 1998 later Pioneer
181 Maersk Pathfinder Maersk Venezuela drilling barge 3,075 200 Dec 1998 later Pathfinder
182 1122763 Q4000 Caldive International Multi-Purpose ship 14,802 312 156 Apr 2002
183 Prince TLP El Paso Production Tension Leg P'form 216 3 Aug 2001
187 8765163 Chiles Galileo Chiles Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 3 Oct 2002 later Ensco 105, Valaris JU-105, scrapped
Built by Keppel AmFELS
188 8765165 Central Tonala Perforadora Central KFELS-B Jack-Up 19 Feb 2004 later Tonala
189 Mexico Ha-Ku-M Petroleos Mexicanos Accomm Platform 13 Oct 2006
190 Mexico Ha-Ku-S Petroleos Mexicanos Accomm Platform 29 Nov 2006
191 914528 Red Hook City of New York sludge carrier 3,135 350 333 7 Nov 2008
193 8768452 offshore Courageous Scorpion Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 243 87 31 May 2007 later West Courageous
194 8768335 Ocean Scepter Diamond Offshore KFELS-B Jack-Up 10,200 236 31 Jul 2008 later Shelf Drilling Scepter
195 8768476 offshore Resolute Scorpion Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 243 87 25 Apr 2008 later West Resolute, Shelf Drilling Resourceful
196 8768464 offshore Defender Scorpion Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 243 87 2 Nov 2007 later West Defender
197 8768830 offshore Vigilant Scorpion Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 243 87 10 Sep 2008 later West Vigilant
198 8768842 offshore Intrepid Scorpion Offshore Super 116 Jack-Up 7,157 243 87 23 Jan 2009 later West Intrepid
199 8769078 Atwood Aurora Atwood Oceanics Super 116E Jack-Up 7,366 150 22 Dec 2008 later Ensco 112, Valaris JU-142
200 8770132 Tuxpan Perforadora Central Super 116E Jack-Up 7,307 233 195 2 Feb 2010
201 9584451 Rowan EXL I Rowan Companies Super 116E Jack-Up 7,279 233 195 30 Apr 2010
202 8771150 Rowan EXL II Rowan Companies Super 116E Jack-Up 7,279 233 195 29 Aug 2010 later Valaris JU-144
203 8770211 Rowan EXL III Rowan Companies Super 116E Jack-Up 7,279 233 195 28 Dec 2010 later Valaris JU-145
204 8770223 Rowan EXL IV Rowan Companies Super 116E Jack-Up 7,279 233 195 1 Sep 2011
205 9621443 Papaloapan Perforadora Central Super 116E Jack-Up 7,307 233 195 12 Apr 2013
206 9659294 Coatzalcoalcos Perforadora Central Super 116E Jack-Up 7,307 205 25 Nov 2014
208 9714044 Uxpanapa Perforadora Central KFELS-B Jack-Up 7,307 240 14 Jul 2016
316 1236710 Sea Wolf South Coast Maritime barge 299 120 5 Mar 2011
317 1234118 Sea Dragon South Coast Maritime barge 299 120 31 Dec 2011
307 1256368 Atlantic Giant II South Coast Maritime crane barge 3,553 225 26 May 2014
326 1289010 George III Pasha Hawaiian container ship 774
327 1289008 Janet Marie Pasha Hawaiian container ship 774
Pasha Hawaiian container ship 774 option
Pasha Hawaiian container ship 774 option
Charybdis Dominion Energy Wind Turbine Inst. Vessel 472

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