South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co., said on Monday it had won an order worth about $600 million to build a drillship for a company in the Americas.
"We won the deal over the weekend," a Samsung Heavy spokesman said by telephone.
On Friday, Samsung said it had secured a 551.4 billion won ($597.1 million) order to build a drillship for a different company in the Americas.
"We won the deal over the weekend," a Samsung Heavy spokesman said by telephone.
On Friday, Samsung said it had secured a 551.4 billion won ($597.1 million) order to build a drillship for a different company in the Americas.
Samsung Heavy Industries has won orders worth a total of US$10 billion in the first half of this year. The Korean shipbuilder on Sunday said it landed two orders for drill ships over the weekend worth a total of $1.2 billion. That brings total orders so far to $10.1 billion, a global industry record for the first half.
The company aims to win orders worth $15 billion for the entire year, up $4 billion from its initial goal. It attributed the surge in orders to bullish demand in new markets like China and India, and thriving projects to develop energy in deep sea and artic regions, which are bolstered by soaring oil prices. Samsung Heavy Industries has seen an up to 100 percent increase in orders since 2001. It won orders worth $1.7 billion in 2001, $6.4 billion in 2004 and $12.6 billion in 2006.
The company aims to win orders worth $15 billion for the entire year, up $4 billion from its initial goal. It attributed the surge in orders to bullish demand in new markets like China and India, and thriving projects to develop energy in deep sea and artic regions, which are bolstered by soaring oil prices. Samsung Heavy Industries has seen an up to 100 percent increase in orders since 2001. It won orders worth $1.7 billion in 2001, $6.4 billion in 2004 and $12.6 billion in 2006.