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Sedco 707
The SEDCO 707 is a Sedco 700 design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 6,500 feet using a 18¾in 15,000 psi BOP and a 21in OD marine drilling riser. 
Rig Type Other Deepwater 
Design MODU (CSDU) Earl & Wright SEDCO 700 
Builder Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, USA 
Year Built 1976/1997 
Classification ABS Class - A1 EM +AMS +DPS-2 
Flag Liberia 
Accommodation 112 berths 
Helideck rated for Silkorsky S-61N 
Moonpool  
Station Keeping Dynamically Positioned 
Max Drill Depth 25,000 ft / 7,620 m 
Max Water Depth 6,500 ft / 1,981 m 
Operating Conditions Significant Wave: 25 ft; Wind: 50 knots; Current: 2 knots 
Storm Conditions Maximum Wave: 60 ft; Wind: 100 knots; Current: 4 knots 

Technical Dimensions

Length 355 ft  108 m 
Breadth 245 ft  75 m 
Depth 113 ft  34 m 
Operating Draft 74 ft  23 m 
Ocean Transit Draft 26 ft  8 m 
VDL - Operating 4,688 st  4,254 mt 

Capacities

Liquid Mud 4,029 bbls  22,621 cu ft  640 cu m 
Drill Water 5,535 bbls  31,076 cu ft  879 cu m 
Potable Water 1,182 bbls  6,636 cu ft  188 cu m 
Fuel Oil 7,548 bbls  42,378 cu ft  1,199 cu m 
Bulk Mud   11,000 cu ft  311 cu m 
Bulk Cement   11,000 cu ft  311 cu m 
Sack Material 3,000 sacks     

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Dreco 185 ft; 490mt nominal capacity 
Drawworks Oilwell E-3000, input hp 2,000 
Motion Compensator Rucker Shaffer; 272mt operating 
Top Drive Varco TDS 3 
Rotary Oilwell with 49½in opening 
Pipe Handling  
Mud Pumps 3 x Oilwell A 1700-PT (1,600 hp) 
Shale Shakers 3 x Thule VSM 100 shale shakers 
Desander  
Desilter  
Mud Cleaner  
BOP 2 x Hydril Compac 18¾in 15,000 psi double rams; Vetco HD-H4 wellhead connector 
LMRP 1 x Hydril GX Dual Annuflex 18¾in 10,000psi; Vetco High Angle Release EXF riser connector 
Diverter Hughes Regan KFDS, Pressure rating : 500psi 
Control System Hydril E/H Multiplex control system w/ Glycol injection system 
Riser 101 x Vetco MR6-E 21in OD riser, 65 ft joints, with 3in ID C&K lines. 
Riser
Tensioners
725mt max. tensioning capacity 
Guideline
Tensioners
 
Podline
Tensioners
 
Choke & Kill McEvoy Type E 3in, 15000 psi, H2S Trim 
Cementing Dowell Schlumberger; 15,000 psi unit 

Machinery

Main Power 6 x CAT 3612 diesels driving 6 x 2500kW generators 
Emergency Power 1 x CAT 3508 
Power Distribution 2 x Baylor 20,000 FX3 SCR System 
Deck Cranes 2 x National OS-435, 49 mt at 30 ft, 11 mt at 120 ft max radius 
Thrusters 8 x 3000 hp Ulstein, fixed speed, variable pitch, azimuthing thrusters 
Propulsion Thrusters 

Mooring Equipment

Winches 8 x JTHepburn, 1000 kips hold, 500 kips stall 
Wire/Chain 8 x 1,777 ft of 3 inch chain 
Anchors 4 x 15mt Baldt anchors