South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. has won an order worth $633m to build a semi-submersible drilling rig by August 2010, reports said.
The third-largest shipbuilder by order backlog has received $12.5b in order this year, including the rig.
Source: AP
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