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Sedco 703
The SEDCO 703 is a Sedco 700 design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 2,000 feet using a 18¾in 10,000 psi BOP and a 21in OD marine drilling riser. 
Rig Type Other Floaters 
Design Earl & Wright SEDCO 700 
Builder Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, USA 
Year Built 1973/1995 
Classification ABS Class + A1 M CSDU AMS 
Flag Liberia 
Accommodation 100 berths + 4 Hospital Beds 
Helideck rated for Sikorsky S-61N 
Moonpool  
Station Keeping Moored 
Max Drill Depth 25,000 ft / 7,620 m 
Max Water Depth 2,000 ft / 610 m 
Operating Conditions Significant Wave: 70 ft; Wind: 70 knots; Current 2.4 Knots 
Storm Conditions Maximum Wave:110 ft; Wind:100 knots; Current 2.4 Knots 

Technical Dimensions

Length 327 ft  100 m 
Breadth 245 ft  75 m 
Depth 130 ft  40 m 
Operating Draft 83 ft  25 m 
Ocean Transit Draft 19 ft  6 m 
VDL - Operating 3,611 st  3,277 mt 

Capacities

Liquid Mud 2,430 bbls  13,643 cu ft  386 cu m 
Drill Water 11,600 bbls  65,128 cu ft  1,843 cu m 
Potable Water 1,337 bbls  7,507 cu ft  212 cu m 
Fuel Oil 5,800 bbls  32,564 cu ft  922 cu m 
Bulk Mud   7,700 cu ft  218 cu m 
Bulk Cement   7,700 cu ft  218 cu m 
Sack Material 3,000 sacks     

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Lee C Moore 185 ft; 453mt nominal capacity 
Drawworks Oilwell E-3000, input hp 3,000 
Motion Compensator Rucker; 182mt operating 
Top Drive Varco TDS-3, 500 st 
Rotary Oilwell A-495 with 49½in opening driven by DC Motors 
Pipe Handling 1 x Varco AR3200 Iron Roughneck; 1 x Pipe Spinner 
Mud Pumps 3 x National 12-P-160 (1,600 hp) 
Shale Shakers 4 x Thule VSM 100 shale shakers 
Desander 1 x Demco Desander; 1400 gpm 
Desilter 1 x Brandt Desilter, 960 gpm 
Mud Cleaner 1 x Swaco Degasser, 1000 gpm 
BOP 2 x NL Shaffer Type SL, 18¾in 10,000 psi,double rams; Cameron Collet Model 70, 10,000 psi connector; Vetco H-4 wellhead connector 
LMRP 1 x NL Shaffer Spherical 18¾in 5,000 psi annular; Vetco H-4 riser connector 
Diverter Hughes Regan KFDS, Pressure rating : 500psi 
Control System Koomey hydraulic control system, Capacity - 365 gallon (surface), 240 gallons (subsea) 
Riser Vetco MR-6C 21in OD riser. 
Riser
Tensioners
290mt max. tensioning capacity 
Guideline
Tensioners
 
Podline
Tensioners
 
Choke & Kill CIW 10,000psi, H2S Trim 
Cementing Third Pary Equipment 

Machinery

Main Power 3 x EMD diesels driving 3 x 2200kW generators 
Emergency Power 1 x Detroit Diesel 12V-71 driving 1 x 350 kW generator 
Power Distribution SCR System 
Deck Cranes 2 x National OS-435, 50mt at 30 ft, 12mt at 120 ft max radius 
Thrusters None 
Propulsion None 

Mooring Equipment

Winches 8 x Baylor, 1,000 kips hold, 500 kips stall 
Wire/Chain 8 x 4,200 ft of 3 inch chain 
Anchors 8 x 12mt Stevpris anchors