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Fleet Specifications

Jim Cunningham
The JIM CUNNINGHAM is a Friede & Goldman Series 9500 Enhanced Pacesetter design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in water depths up to 4,600 ft using 18¾in 15,000 psi BOP and 21in OD marine riser. 
Rig Type Other Deepwater 
Design Friede & Goldman 9500 Enhanced Pacesetter 
Builder Daewoo, Okpo, South Korea 
Year Built 1982; Upgraded 1996 
Classification ABS A-1 M Column Stabilized Drilling Unit 
Flag Marshall Islands 
Accommodation 100 berths 
Helideck 90 ft x 89 ft, rated for S-61N or Chinook helicopter 
Moonpool 21 ft x 89 ft 
Station Keeping Mooring 
Max Drill Depth 25,000 ft / 7,620 m 
Max Water Depth 4,600 ft / 1,402 m 
Operating Conditions 60 - 65 ft draft: Wind:70 knots; Wave 50 ft @ 12.5 sec; Current: 3 knots 
Storm Conditions 50 ft draft: Wind: 100 knots; Wave: 100 ft @ 15 sec; Current: 3 knots 

Technical Dimensions

Length 296 ft  90 m 
Breadth 228 ft  69 m 
Depth 116 ft  35 m 
Operating Draft 65 ft  20 m 
Ocean Transit Draft 30 ft  9 m 
VDL - Operating 4,970 st  4,510 mt 

Capacities

Liquid Mud 4,130 bbls  23,188 cu ft  656 cu m 
Drill Water 7,196 bbls  40,402 cu ft  1,143 cu m 
Potable Water 2,708 bbls  15,204 cu ft  430 cu m 
Fuel Oil 6,097 bbls  34,232 cu ft  969 cu m 
Bulk Mud   10,065 cu ft  285 cu m 
Bulk Cement   10,065 cu ft  285 cu m 
Sack Material 7,500 sacks     

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Continental Emsco Dynamic Derrick SN-82, 160 ft x 40 ft x 40 ft base, 1392 kips GNC 
Drawworks National 1625 E, 3000 hp with Elmagco 7838 auxiliary brake 
Motion Compensator Vetco MC400-20D, 20 ft stroke. 400 kips dynamic, 1000 kips static hookload capacity 
Top Drive TDS-4S, 650 ton with PH-85 Pipehandler 
Rotary National C-495, 49½in with independent drive 
Pipe Handling Lamb LKG2-26-18BGM for tubular handling; Varco Bigfoot IR 2000 Iron Roughneck 
Mud Pumps 3 x National 12-P-160, 1600 hp 
Shale Shakers 3 x Sweco LM-3 linear shakers; 3 x Brandt TT scalpers 
Desander 1 x Demco 123, 3 x 12in cones, 1050 gpm 
Desilter 1 x Thule VSM 200 with 20 x 50 gpm cones 
Mud Cleaner N/A 
BOP 1 x Vetco EXF connector 18¾in 15K; 2 x Shaffer Double SLX 18¾in 15K; 1 x Shaffer Spherical 18¾in 10K 
LMRP 1 x Shaffer Spherical Wedge Cover 18¾in 10K; 1 x Shaffer SLX ram blocks; 1 x Vetco H4 connector 18¾in 15K 
Diverter Regan KFDS, 24in nominal, 2 x 12in flowlines 
Control System Shaffer 24300-S hydraulic, with 2 x Shaffer T360 electric pumps & 2 x Graco air pumps 
Riser 78 jts x Shaffer HFT 21in 60 ft long, 0.625in wall thickness, 19¼in ID 
Riser
Tensioners
4 x Vetco Dual 80 kips; 2 x Shaffer Dual 120 kips 
Guideline
Tensioners
N/A 
Podline
Tensioners
N/A 
Choke & Kill Foley/Flowcon 3-1/16in C&K manifold with 1 x adjustable & 2 x power chokes 
Cementing Dowell Schlumberger 10K (3rd party equipment) 

Machinery

Main Power 4 x EMD 16-645-E8, 2200 hp each; driving 4 x EMD AB-20-N6 600V 1550 kW AC generator 
Emergency Power 1 x CAT D-398 TA diesel engine; driving 1 x 600 kW 480V, 60 Hz 
Power Distribution 6 x GE Generation III power converter (SCR system) 
Deck Cranes Seatrax 6032, 150 ft boom, 40 mt @ 30 ft; National OS-435, 100 ft boom, 63 mt @ 25 ft; Skagit 363, 120 ft boom, 36 mt 
Thrusters See Propulsion 
Propulsion Twin screws, each driven by 4 x GE-752 DC Motor 850 hp each 

Mooring Equipment

Winches 4 x Skagit EWT-350 Double Windlass 
Wire/Chain 7500 ft x 3½in wire; 2000 ft x 90 mm chains 
Anchors 4 x 18 mt TS Bruce; 4 x 15 mt FFTS Bruce