Gulf Labs launch new jack-up drilling platform ‘Ammonite’

Local Qatari geotechnical and material testing laboratory, Gulf Laboratories Company, has recently added the new jack-up drilling platform ‘Ammonite’ to its fleet of nearshore drilling equipment.

“The addition of this larger jack-up, together with our existing jack-up ‘Nautilus’, now allows us to carry out geotechnical drilling works from the inter-tidal area out to water depths of 20 metres,” said general manager Andrew Slate.

Gulf Laboratories has carried out numerous nearshore geotechnical investigations in Qatar, including works for the Hamad International Airport and Hamad Port, as well as other ports, harbour, and marine reclamation and development schemes.

Fabricated in Qatar, the fully-registered vessel is available for nearshore ground investigation projects or for charter as a work barge.