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Sedco 700
The SEDCO 700 is an Earl & Wright Sedco 700 design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in water depths up to 3,600 ft using 18¾in 10,000 psi BOP and 21in OD marine drilling riser. 
Rig Type Other Floaters 
Design MODU (CSDU) Earl & Wright SEDCO 700 
Builder Levingston Shipyard, Orange, Texas, USA 
Year Built 1973; Upgraded 1997 
Classification ABS Class +A1 E&M Column Stabilized Drilling Unit +AMS 
Flag Liberia 
Accommodation 120 berths 
Helideck 89 ft x 74 ft, rated for S-61 helicopter 
Moonpool 21 ft x 24 ft 
Station Keeping Moored 
Max Drill Depth 25,000 ft / 7,620 m 
Max Water Depth 3,600 ft / 1,097 m 
Operating Conditions Wave: 40 ft @ 14 sec; Wind: 50 knots; Current: 2.4 knots 
Storm Conditions Wave: 110 ft @ 18.8 sec; Wind: 100 knots; Current: 2.4 knots 

Technical Dimensions

Length 295 ft  90 m 
Breadth 245 ft  75 m 
Depth 130 ft  40 m 
Operating Draft 85 ft  26 m 
Ocean Transit Draft 21 ft  6 m 
VDL - Operating 2,306 st  2,093 mt 

Capacities

Liquid Mud 3,387 bbls  19,016 cu ft  538 cu m 
Drill Water 7,010 bbls  39,358 cu ft  1,114 cu m 
Potable Water 1,600 bbls  8,983 cu ft  254 cu m 
Fuel Oil 6,693 bbls  37,578 cu ft  1,063 cu m 
Bulk Mud   5,775 cu ft  163 cu m 
Bulk Cement   5,775 cu ft  163 cu m 
Sack Material 3,000 sacks     

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Lee C. Moore 185 ft x 40 ft x 50 ft, 1300 kips GNC 
Drawworks Oilwell E3000, 3000 hp input with Elmagco 7838 auxiliary brake 
Motion Compensator Vetco MC-400/25, 25 ft stroke, 400 kips operating, 1000 kips pinned 
Top Drive Varco TDS-3H, 500 st 
Rotary Oilwell 49½ 
Pipe Handling Manual 
Mud Pumps 3 x National 12-P-160, 1600 hp each 
Shale Shakers 4 x Thule VSM-300 
Desander N/A 
Desilter N/A 
Mud Cleaner N/A 
BOP 2 x Cameron Extended Double U 18¾in 10K; 1 x Vetco H4 18¾in 10K wellhead connector 
LMRP 1 x NL Shaffer 18¾in 5K annular; 1 x Cameron Type 70 collet connector 
Diverter Hughes Regan KFDS, 49½in, 500 psi with 2 x 12in outlets 
Control System Koomey hydraulic control system with Glycol injection system 
Riser Vetco MR-6E, 21in OD x 65 ft long with 3in ID C&K lines 
Riser
Tensioners
12 x Rucker Shaffer 80 kips, 50 ft travel 
Guideline
Tensioners
4 x Rucker Shaffer 16 kips, 40 ft travel 
Podline
Tensioners
2 x Rucker Shaffer 16 kips, 40 ft travel 
Choke & Kill Cameron 3-1/16in, 10,000 psi H2S Trim 
Cementing Dowell Schlumberger CPS-300 (third party equipment) 

Machinery

Main Power 3 x EMD16-645-E9 diesel engine rated 3200 hp each, driving 3 x 2500 kW 4160 V 60 Hz generators 
Emergency Power 1 x Detroit Diesel 12-V-71 rated 450 hp driving 1 x 350 kW generator 
Power Distribution 10 x Baylor 2000 Thyrig Bays SCR system; 2 with Bauteil controls 
Deck Cranes 2 x National OS-435, 120 ft boom, 55 st @ 30 ft; 1 x Kenz DHC 100/4500 OS, 165 ft boom, 100 st @ 77 ft 
Thrusters 4 x Baylor 1600 hp azimuthing thrusters 
Propulsion See Thrusters 

Mooring Equipment

Winches 8 x Baylor, 1000 kips hold, 500 kips stall 
Wire/Chain 8 x 4,200 ft x 3 
Anchors 8 x Stevpris 15 mt