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Fleet Specifications

Falcon 100
 
Rig Type Other Floaters 
Design F&G L-900  
Builder Avondale Shipyards, Avondale, Louisiana 
Year Built 1974/1998 
Classification ABS Maltese Cross A1 Circle M Coloum Stabilising Drilling Unit 
Flag Marshall Islands 
Accommodation Accommodations for 114 people. 
Helideck Sikorsky S-61 
Moonpool 40ft x 68ft 
Station Keeping  
Max Drill Depth 25,000 ft / 7,620 m 
Max Water Depth 2,500 ft / 762 m 
Operating Conditions Max Draft: 60ft ABL max VCG 3000t 
Storm Conditions Max Draft: 45ft max VCG 3000t 

Technical Dimensions

Length 260 ft  79 m 
Breadth 217 ft  66 m 
Depth 111 ft  34 m 
Operating Draft 60 ft  18 m 
Ocean Transit Draft 19 ft  6 m 
VDL - Operating 3,359 st  3,048 mt 

Capacities

Liquid Mud 3,865 bbls  21,700 cu ft  614 cu m 
Drill Water 9,721 bbls  54,579 cu ft  1,545 cu m 
Potable Water 1,322 bbls  7,422 cu ft  210 cu m 
Fuel Oil 6,958 bbls  39,066 cu ft  1,106 cu m 
Bulk Mud   4,500 cu ft  127 cu m 
Bulk Cement   4,500 cu ft  127 cu m 
Sack Material 6,000 sacks     

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Lee C. Moore, 1,000,000 lbs. 180' 
Drawworks Continental Emsco C-3 Type II, 3,000 Hp 
Motion Compensator Shaffer 500 K Model DSC-18-LCE 
Top Drive Varco TDS-4s, 650 ton 
Rotary Continental Emsco 49 1/2 
Pipe Handling  
Mud Pumps 2 x Continental Emsco, FB-1600 Triplex, 1,700 Hp 
Shale Shakers 4 x Brandt Model LCM-20/CM2 
Desander  
Desilter  
Mud Cleaner  
BOP 18 ¾ in., 15,000 psi 
LMRP Vetco HD-H4, CIW 18-3/4 
Diverter Vetco KFDS 49-1/2 in 
Control System Shaffer 
Riser MR-6E, 2,500 ft. 21 
Riser
Tensioners
8 x Shaffer, 120k ea. 
Guideline
Tensioners
6 x Shaffer 16,000lbs each; 50 ft travel 
Podline
Tensioners
2 x Shaffer 16,000lbs each; 50 ft travel 
Choke & Kill 4 Folley 15,000psi WP 3-1/16 in gate vlave 
Cementing BJ Hughes 35-8-5/RAM 

Machinery

Main Power 4 x EMD MD16-645-E8 
Emergency Power Detroit 12V-92 GDT, 565 kw, 480 V, 60 cycle 
Power Distribution Ross Hill Model SCR System 
Deck Cranes 2 x Amclyde rated @ 108,000 lbs @ 27', 1 x Amclyde rated @ 108,000 lbs @ 22' 
Thrusters N/A 
Propulsion  

Mooring Equipment

Winches 4 x Skagit WMD 
Wire/Chain 8 x 3000' x 3 in ORQ chain 
Anchors 9 x Stepvis 12.5 MT