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Fleet Specifications

Paul B. Loyd, Jr.
The PAUL B. LOYD, JR. is an Aker H-4.2 design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 2,000 ft using 18¾in 15,000 psi BOP and 21in OD marine drilling riser. 
Rig Type Other High Specification 
Design Aker H-4.2 DP 
Builder Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea 
Year Built 1990 
Classification DnV +1A1 Column Stabilized Drilling Unit, DRILL (N), ICE-C, DYNPOS AUTRO, POSMOOR TA 
Flag Panama 
Accommodation 100 berths 
Helideck Octagonal 89.2 ft diameter, S-61N or Chinook 
Max Drill Depth 25,000 ft / 7,620 m 
Max Water Depth 2,000 ft / 610 m 
Operating Conditions 77 ft drilling draft 
Storm Conditions Max wave 105 ft, significant wave 56 ft, period 11-16 sec, wind 107 knots, current 3.1 knots 

Technical Dimensions

Length 361 ft  110 m 
Breadth 240 ft  73 m 
Depth 130 ft  40 m 
Ocean Transit Draft 25 ft  7 m 
VDL - Operating 4,628 st  4,200 mt 

Capacities

Liquid Mud 3,180 bbls  17,854 cu ft  505 cu m 
Drill Water 13,632 bbls  76,537 cu ft  2,166 cu m 
Potable Water 4,236 bbls  23,783 cu ft  673 cu m 
Fuel Oil 17,743 bbls  99,618 cu ft  2,819 cu m 
Bulk Mud   12,000 cu ft  340 cu m 
Bulk Cement   8,000 cu ft  226 cu m 
Sack Material 4,000 sacks     

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Dreco 196 ft x 40 ft x 40 ft; 1928 kips GNC, max static hookload 1500 kips with 14 lines 
Drawworks National 1625-DE with 3 x 800 hp GE-752R motors; Baylor 7838 auxiliary brake 
Top Drive Varco TDS-4SH, 650 tons with PH-85 pipehandler 
Rotary National C495, 49½in with independent drive 
Pipe Handling BJ Mark II pipe racking system; Varco AR-3000 Iron Roughneck 
Mud Pumps 3 x National 12-P-160; 1600 hp each 
Shale Shakers 4 x Thule VSM-300 
Desander 1 x Demco 103 Slant with 3 x 10in cones, 1500 gpm 
Desilter Demco 414-H, 1260 gpm 
Mud Cleaner  
BOP 1 x 18¾in collet connector; 1 x Cameron DL 18¾in 10K annular; 2 x Cameron T double 18¾in 15K; 1 x Cameron HC collet connector 18¾in 15K 
Diverter Hughes KFDS 49½in ID 500 psi with 1 x 14in overboard line, 1 x 14in flowline & 1 x 4in hole fill line 
Control System Cameron BOP control system with 2 electric pumps, 2 air pumps, 41 x 27 gal surface bottles 
Choke & Kill Cameron C&K manifold with 2 x 3-1/16in 15K adjustable chokes, 2 x 3-1/16in 15K hydraulic chokes 
Cementing Dowell Schlumberger CPS-601 (third party) 

Machinery

Main Power 8 x Nohab F316A 4800 hp engines, driving 8 x NEBB 800-L8-KW, 3400 kW generator 
Emergency Power 1 x GM Detroit Allison 12V-149T1 engine driving 1 x Hyundai HFCS-504-4 1045 kW generator 
Power Distribution 4 x NEBB BBC/SACE 6000 VAC, 60 Hz, 1600 A switchboards; GE Microdrill SCR modules 
Deck Cranes 2 x Hydraulic Brattvaag KHO 3516/1050, 35 mt @ 40 ft; 2 x Miko gantry crane 6 mt 

Mooring Equipment

Winches 4 x Pusnes 620-CU double, 310 mt holding 
Wire/Chain 8 x 6,600 ft x 3in K4 chains 
Anchors 8 x Vryhof Stevpris 15 tons