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Fleet Specifications

Deepwater Nautilus
 
Rig Type 5th Generation Deepwater 
Design RB8-8M 
Builder Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea 
Year Built 2000 
Classification ABS classed +A1 Column Stabilized CDS, P, PAS 
Flag Panama 
Accommodation Air conditioned to accommodate 130 people 
Helideck Rated for Sikorsky S 61N 
Moonpool 21ft x 93ft 
Station Keeping 8 Point Mooring System 
Max Drill Depth 30,000 ft / 9,144 m 
Max Water Depth 8,000 ft / 2,438 m with pre-set mooring system provided by client
Operating Conditions Significant Wave: 35 ft, Wind: 51 Knots, Surface Current: 1.1 Knots 
Storm Conditions Significant Wave: 48 ft, Wind: 105 Knots, Surface Current: 2 Knots 

Technical Dimensions

Length 392 ft  119 m 
Breadth 308 ft  94 m 
Depth 28 ft  9 m 
Operating Draft 76 ft  23 m 
Ocean Transit Draft 29 ft  9 m 
VDL - Operating 10,359 st  9,400 mt 

Capacities

Liquid Mud 0 bbls  0 cu ft  0 cu m 
Drill Water 19,775 bbls  111,027 cu ft  3,142 cu m 
Potable Water 4,251 bbls  23,867 cu ft  675 cu m 
Fuel Oil 27,021 bbls  151,709 cu ft  4,293 cu m 
Bulk Mud   16,333 cu ft  462 cu m 
Bulk Cement   8,175 cu ft  231 cu m 
Sack Material 10,000 sacks     

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Dreco Derrick with a 48 ft. x 48 ft. base rated at 2,000,000 lbs GNC. 
Drawworks Dreco Hitec with Lebrus grooving drum for 2 
Motion Compensator Hitec Active Heave Compensation with 14.5 ft stroke 
Top Drive Varco TDS-8S (AC) 750 ton rated top drive with parking assembly 
Rotary Varco with 60 in. opening with hydraulic rotary drive. 
Pipe Handling 1 x Varco AR3200 Iron Roughneck; 1 x Varco PRS-4i 
Mud Pumps 4 x National 14-P-220, 2200 HP and max pressure of 7500 psi 
Shale Shakers 5 x Brandt LCM-2D CS Linear motion cascading shakers 
Desander 2 x Brandt SRS- 3 with 6 x 10 
Desilter 2 x Brandt LCM 29MC32 with 40 x 4 
Mud Cleaner  
BOP Cameron type TL, 18-3/4 inch15K psi stack. (Five ram system-2 Double and 1 Single); Cameron Type DL Annular 18-3/4 
LMRP Cameron type DL Single 18-3/4 inch, 10K psi 
Diverter Hydril Type 21 
Control System Cameron Multiplex System 
Riser Vetco, HMFG, Flanged, 21 in OD x 90 ft length 
Riser
Tensioners
Six Hydralift 'N' Line direct acting tensioners, each with 50 ft. stroke x 533,000 lbs. for a total of 3,200,000 lbs. capacity. Tensioner system can be skidded starboard from well center line while suspending complete string of riser and BOP.  
Guideline
Tensioners
NA 
Podline
Tensioners
NA 
Choke & Kill  
Cementing Third Party 

Machinery

Main Power 4 x Wartzila 12V32D Diesel Engine, 6300 HP each, driven by ABB Generators 
Emergency Power 1 x Caterprilla 3505B automatic start engine, 500KW output 
Power Distribution Hyundai Heavy, Dist. System 
Deck Cranes - Two Liebherr (or equivalent) 80 ton deck cranes (Port and Stbd.) with 120 ft. booms. 
Thrusters N/A 
Propulsion 2 x Schottel SRP 4500KW Azimuth Thrusters 

Mooring Equipment

Winches 8 x Bodewes electric winches for 364 mt pull 
Wire/Chain 8 x 15000ft Wire; 5 x 500 ft chain 
Anchors 8 x Vryhot Sterpris anchors, 39.6 Kips