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Sedco 704
The SEDCO 704 is a Sedco 700 design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 1,200 feet using a 18¾in 15,000 psi BOP and a 21in OD marine drilling riser. 
Rig Type Other Floaters 
Design MODU (CSDU) Earl & Wright Sedco 700 series 
Builder Hawker Siddley, Halifax, NS Canada 
Year Built 1974 
Classification ABS Class : +A1 E M CSDU +PAS 
Flag Liberia 
Accommodation 99 berths 
Helideck rated for Sikorsky 61 or SuperPuma 
Moonpool  
Station Keeping Moored 
Max Drill Depth 25,000 ft / 7,620 m 
Max Water Depth 1,000 ft / 305 m 
Operating Conditions Significant Wave: 25 ft; Wind: 40 knots; Current: 2.4 knots 
Storm Conditions Maximum Wave: 110 ft; 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 83 ft  25 m 
Ocean Transit Draft 21 ft  6 m 
VDL - Operating 3,198 st  2,902 mt 

Capacities

Liquid Mud 2,400 bbls  13,475 cu ft  381 cu m 
Drill Water 8,700 bbls  48,846 cu ft  1,382 cu m 
Potable Water 1,400 bbls  7,860 cu ft  222 cu m 
Fuel Oil 6,950 bbls  39,021 cu ft  1,104 cu m 
Bulk Mud   7,700 cu ft  218 cu m 
Bulk Cement   7,910 cu ft  224 cu m 
Sack Material 2,720 sacks     

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Lee C Moore Mast, 160 ft, 590mt nominal capacity 
Drawworks Oilwell E-3000, 3000 hp 
Motion Compensator Rucker Shaffer 400-18, 182mt operating (453mt pinned) 
Top Drive Varco TDS 5H 
Rotary Oilwell with 49½in opening 
Pipe Handling  
Mud Pumps 2 x Oilwell 1700-PT (1,600 hp) 
Shale Shakers 3 x Thule VSM 100 shale shakers 
Desander  
Desilter  
Mud Cleaner  
BOP 2 x Hydril Type x double 18¾in 15,000 psi; CIW wellhead connector 
LMRP 1 x Hydril GA GX 18¾in 10,000 psi annular; 1 x Shaffer NL 18¾in 5,000 psi annular; 1 x Vetco H4 and 1 x Cameron HC riser connectors 
Diverter Hughes Regan KFDS-3, Pressure rating : 500psi 
Control System Koomey hydraulic control system w/ Glycol injection system 
Riser CIW RD 21in OD riser with 3in ID C&K lines. 
Riser
Tensioners
290mt max. tensioning capacity 
Guideline
Tensioners
 
Podline
Tensioners
 
Choke & Kill McEvoy 15,000 psi, H2S Trim 
Cementing Third Party Equipment 

Machinery

Main Power 3 x EMD diesels driving 3 x 2500kW generators 
Emergency Power 1 x Detroit Diesel 16V-71 driving 1 x 350 kW generator 
Power Distribution 12 x Baylor SCR System 
Deck Cranes 2 x National OS-435, 50mt at 30 ft, 12mt at 120 ft max radius 
Thrusters 4 x 1600 hp Baylor 120-2000 azimuthing thrusters 
Propulsion Thrusters 

Mooring Equipment

Winches 8 x Baylor, 1000 kips hold, 500 kips stall 
Wire/Chain 8 x 4,300 ft of 3 inch chain 
Anchors 8 x 12mt Stevpris anchors