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Sedco 706
The SEDCO 706 is a dynamically-positioned Sedco 700 design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in moderate environments and water depths up to 2,000 m (6,562 ft)* using 18¾” 10,000 psi BOP and 21” OD marine drilling riser. 
Rig Type Other Floaters 
Design Earl & Wright SEDCO 700 
Builder Kaiser Steel, Oakland, CA, USA 
Year Built 1976 (TAD Conversion 1994; DP Upgrade 2007)
Classification ABS Class +A1, DPS2 (ABS MODU Construction Rules 1973, IMO Modu Code 1979, IMO Resolution A.414(XI))
Flag Liberia 
Accommodation 150 berths 
Helideck 83 ft x 83 ft, rated for Sikorsky S-61 helicopter
Moonpool 20 ft x 20 ft
Station Keeping Kongsberg Maritime Triple Redundant SDP 32 System
Max Drill Depth 25,000 ft / 7,620 m 
Max Water Depth 6,562 ft / 2000 m (with maximum 13 ppg mud weight)
Operating Conditions Wave: 15 ft; Wind: 30 knots; Current: 2.1 knots
Storm Conditions Wave: 20 ft; Wind: 55 knots; Current: 2.3 knots

Technical Dimensions

Length 355 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 4,409 st  4,000 mt 

Capacities

Liquid Mud 2,087 bbls  11,718 cu ft  332 cu m 
Drill Water 5,800 bbls  32,565 cu ft  922 cu m 
Potable Water 1,324 bbls  7,434 cu ft  210 cu m 
Fuel Oil 9,909 bbls  55,635 cu ft  1,575 cu m 
Bulk Mud   9,380 cu ft  266 cu m 
Bulk Cement   9,380 cu ft  266 cu m 
Sack Material 3,000 sacks     

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Wooslayer 185 ft x 50 ft x 40 ft base, rated at 1,300 kips GNC
Drawworks Oilwell E-3000, 3,000 HP with 1.3/4" drilling line & equipped with 2 ea. disk brakes
Motion Compensator NOV-Shaffer 600 kips Inline Motion Compensator, 25 ft stroke
Top Drive NOV TDS4S with GE 752 Hi-Torque motor & PH-85 Pipe-handler
Rotary Oilwell 60.1/2" opening with independent hydraulic drive
Pipe Handling NOV ST-80 Iron Roughneck (for tubular size 4.1/4" to 8.1/2" OD); NOV PS-30 Power Slip;
X-Y bridge crane & offline station on rig floor for offline stand-building
Mud Pumps 3 x Oilwell 1700-PT, 1600 HP; 1 x Lewco W-446 400 HP (as riser booster pump)
Shale Shakers 4 x Derrick Floline Cleaner 514 (with one unit is set up as a mud cleaner)
BOP 2 x Cameron 18¾" 10K U-Type Double Ram Preventers; Vetco 18¾" 15K H4 Wellhead Connector
LMRP 2 x Shaffer 18¾" 5K Annular Preventers; Vetco 18¾" 10K H4 LMRP Connector
Diverter Hughes Regan KFDS 49.1/2" bore, 500 psi
Control System E/H Multiplex Control System; 1,050 gallons surface & 690 gallons subsurface
Riser 100 x Vetco MR6E 21” OD, 65 ft joints with 2 x 3" ID 15K C&K lines & 1 x 3.83" ID 3K booster line;
Vetco Telescopic Joint 55 ft stroke
Riser
Tensioners
8 x CFI / WesTech Dual Type 120 kips, 50 ft travel
Guideline
Tensioners
Guidelineless System
Choke & Kill 15,000 psi, H2S Trim
Cementing Third Party Services 

Machinery

Main Power 6 x Caterpillar 3612 diesel engines driving 6 x Kato AC generator rated at 3,640 kW each
Emergency Power 1 x Caterpillar 3508 diesel engine driving Kato AC generator rated at 900 kW
Power Distribution 11 kVAC Primary / 690 V AC Thruster Power; 480 VAC and 6 x EPD Siemens SCR Systems
Deck Cranes 1 x National OS-435, 49 mt @ 30 ft radius, 11 mt @ 120 ft maximum radius, 7 mt whipline;
1 x Seatrax S-9022, 60 mt @ 30 ft radius, 30 mt @ 127 ft maximum radius, 15 mt whipline
Thrusters 8 x Rolls Royce 3,000 hp fully azimuthing
Propulsion 8 x Rolls Royce fixed pitch propeller powered by  Siemens 2,250 kW variable speed electric motors

Mooring Equipment

Winches 2 x Baylor 500 SH, 1,000 kips hold, 500 kips stalled
Wire/Chain 2 x 1,000 ft 3" ORQ Chains (on aft side only)
Anchors 2 x harbor anchors