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Fleet Specifications

GSF Britannia
Jack-up Drilling Unit

General Description 

Design Breit Engineering graphic
Overall dimensions 224 by 200 by 25 ft.
Legs (4) 324 ft. long triangular
Quarters capacity 88 persons 
Operating water depth 200 ft. 
Jacking system AMF Bear-Loc hydraulic system
Cantilevered drilling envelope 45 ft. by 24 ft.
Maximum variable load (drilling) 5,200 kips

Drilling Equipment 

Derrick 160 ft. by 30 ft. Brown Services, with a static hook load capacity of 1,000,000 lbs. with 12 lines (1-3/8 in. drilling line)
Drawworks Continental Emsco C-2, 2,000 hp, driven by two GE 752 DC motors, complete with Baylor 6032 electric brake
Rotary table National C-375, hydraulic chain driven from drawworks rotary countershaft
Top Drive Varco model TDS-4S, 650 ton, with closed loop cooling system and PH-85 pipehandler, rated to 45,500 ft.-lbs. continuous drilling torque
Pipe handling Varco AR 3200 iron roughneck
Mud pumps Three Emsco FB 1600, 1,600 hp triplex pumps, each driven by two GE 752 DC traction motors
Solids control Four Thule VSM-100 and one Thule VSM-300 linear motion shale shakers

Power Equipment 

DC Five Ross Hill SCR units, each rated at 1400 amps, powering nine GE 752 DC motors
AC Eight Cat. D-398 diesel engines, 912 hp, driving eight Kato, 1,287 kva generators

Storage Capacities 

Active liquid mud 2,006 bbl., including processing tank
Reserve liquid mud 7,851 bbl.
Base oil 1,000 bbl.
Brine 3,000 bbl.
Bulk material 7,800 cu. ft.

BOP Equipment

Diverter system Hughes KFDJ 500 psi, 27-1/2 in., fixed diverter system with 12 in. discharge lines and two 12 in. hydraulically operated ball valves
13-5/8 in. system One Hydril type GK 5,000 psi annular preventer, one Hydril 10,000 psi double ram preventer, and one Hydril 10,000 psi single ram preventer

Other Equipment

Cranes One MLT PCM-120 crane with a 100 ft. boom, rated for 45 tons at 25 ft. radius, one Seatrax Series 60 Marine crane with a 135 ft. boom, rated for 51.96 tons at 20 ft. radius, and one Mariner 3600A crane with a 75 ft. boom, rated at 16 tons at 20 ft. radius

Inquiries should be directed to the Marketing Department Houston 15375 Memorial Drive Houston TX 77079-4101 (281) 925-6000 Fax (281) 925-6010