OREANDA-NEWS. January 22, 2014. KCA Deutag, a world leading provider of drilling services, recognised Sakhalin Energy’s Molikpaq rig as the best drilling rig in 2013 based on the results of an international contest that KCA Deutag held for the offshore rigs in its use.

When making this decision, the expert group involving KCA Deutag’s top executives assessed the rigs’ compliance with the company’s key values, such as health and safety, social responsibility, operational excellence, environmental protection, business integrity and sustainable development.

The Molikpaq rig was re-launched in mid-2012 after four years of suspension and showed good performance following the re-start. In 2013, the rig demonstrated an exceptional level of performance, achieving 157 ‘ideal’ days without failure/downtime incidents.

This excellent performance was made possible by a collaborative joint effort of the project operator Sakhalin Energy and its contractors focused on making the platform operation safe and efficient.