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Sedco 710
The SEDCO 710 is a Sedco 700 design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 6,000 feet using a 18¾in 10,000 psi BOP and a 21in OD marine drilling riser. 
Rig Type Other Deepwater 
Design MODU (CSDU) Earl & Wright SEDCO 700 
Builder Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding 
Year Built 1983 
Classification ABS Class A1 M CSDU AMS ACCU 
Flag Liberia 
Accommodation 118 berths 
Helideck rated for Sikorsky 61 
Moonpool  
Station Keeping Dynamically Positioned 
Max Drill Depth 25,000 ft / 7,620 m 
Max Water Depth 4,500 ft / 1,372 m 
Operating Conditions Significant Wave: 25 ft; Wind: 40 knots; Current: 2.4 knots 
Storm Conditions Maximum Wave: 110ft; Wind: 100 knots;Current: 2.4 knots 

Technical Dimensions

Length 295 ft  90 m 
Breadth 249 ft  76 m 
Depth 113 ft  34 m 
Operating Draft 75 ft  23 m 
Ocean Transit Draft 20 ft  6 m 
VDL - Operating 2,498 st  2,267 mt 

Capacities

Liquid Mud 4,313 bbls  24,215 cu ft  685 cu m 
Drill Water 6,315 bbls  35,456 cu ft  1,003 cu m 
Potable Water 1,218 bbls  6,838 cu ft  194 cu m 
Fuel Oil 11,410 bbls  64,061 cu ft  1,813 cu m 
Bulk Mud   13,776 cu ft  390 cu m 
Bulk Cement   8,276 cu ft  234 cu m 
Sack Material 3,000 sacks     

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Dreco 160 ft; 590mt nominal capacity 
Drawworks Oilwell E-3000, input hp 2500 
Motion Compensator Vetco; 272mt operating 
Top Drive Varco TDS-3H; 590mt 
Rotary Oilwell with 49½in opening 
Pipe Handling  
Mud Pumps 2 x Continental Emsco FB-1600 (1,600 hp) 
Shale Shakers 3 x Derrick Flo-Line shale shakers 
Desander  
Desilter  
Mud Cleaner  
BOP 2 x CIW 18¾in 10,000 psi double rams; Vetco H4 wellhead connector 
LMRP 2 x Hydril Type GL 18¾in 5,000 psi annulars; Vetco HAH4 riser connector 
Diverter Hughes Regan KFDS-3, Pressure rating : 500psi 
Control System NL Shaffer electro-hydraulic control system 
Riser Vetco MR-6C 21in OD riser with 3in ID C&K lines. 
Riser
Tensioners
435mt max. tensioning capacity 
Guideline
Tensioners
 
Podline
Tensioners
 
Choke & Kill CIW 15000 psi, H2S Trim 
Cementing Dowell MS-1000; 15,000 psi diesel driven unit 

Machinery

Main Power 6 x EMD MD 20-645E9B diesels driving 6 x 2500kW generators, 2 x EMD MD 16-645 
Emergency Power 1 x CAT D 399 diesel driving 1 x 680 kW generator 
Power Distribution SCR System 
Deck Cranes 2 BE MK-100, 62mt at 30 ft, 11mt at 125 ft max radius 
Thrusters 8 x 3000 hp Pleuger azimuthing thrusters with variable pitch 
Propulsion Thrusters 

Mooring Equipment

Winches 4 x Hepburn 1,040 kips hold, 549 kips stall 
Wire/Chain 4 x 1,200 ft of 3 inch chain 
Anchors 4 x 15mt Baldt anchors