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Sedneth 701
The SEDNETH 701 is an Earl & Wright Sedco 700 design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in water depths up to 1,500 ft using 18¾in 10,000 psi BOP and 21in OD marine drilling riser. 
Rig Type Other Floaters 
Design Earl & Wright Sedco 700 series  
Builder Hawker Siddley Canada Ltd., Halifax, Canada 
Year Built 1973; Upgraded 1994 & 2001 
Classification ABS Class +A1 E&M Column Stabilized Drilling Unit +AMS 
Flag Liberia 
Accommodation 127 berths 
Helideck 90 ft x 90 ft, rated for S-61 helicopter 
Moonpool 35 ft x 61 ft 
Station Keeping Moored 
Max Drill Depth 25,000 ft / 7,620 m 
Max Water Depth 1,500 ft / 457 m 
Operating Conditions Wave: 40 ft @ 14 sec; Wind: 50 knots; Current: 2.4 knots 
Storm Conditions Wave: 110 ft @18.8 sec; Wind: 100 knots; Current: 2.4 knots 

Technical Dimensions

Length 300 ft  91 m 
Breadth 263 ft  80 m 
Depth 130 ft  40 m 
Operating Draft 85 ft  26 m 
Ocean Transit Draft 21 ft  6 m 
VDL - Operating 3,967 st  3,600 mt 

Capacities

Liquid Mud 4,190 bbls  23,525 cu ft  666 cu m 
Drill Water 5,790 bbls  32,508 cu ft  920 cu m 
Potable Water 1,310 bbls  7,355 cu ft  208 cu m 
Fuel Oil 6,795 bbls  38,151 cu ft  1,080 cu m 
Bulk Mud   9,697 cu ft  274 cu m 
Bulk Cement   7,772 cu ft  220 cu m 
Sack Material 3,000 sacks     

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Lee C. Moore 185 ft x 39 ft x 54 ft, 1200 kips GNC 
Drawworks Oilwell E3000, 3000 hp input with Baylor 7838 auxiliary brake 
Motion Compensator Rucker Shaffer 400-18, 18 ft stroke, 400 kips operating, 1000 kips pinned 
Top Drive Varco TDS-4S 
Rotary Oilwell 49½in opening with independent drive 
Pipe Handling Varco AR-3200 Iron Roughneck 
Mud Pumps 3 x Oilwell A 1700-PT, 1600 hp each 
Shale Shakers 4 x Thule VSM-100, 1500 gpm 
Desander 1 x Swaco S2-12 with 2 x 12 
Desilter N/A 
Mud Cleaner N/A 
BOP 2 x NL Shaffer Type SL Double 18¾in 10K, 1 x Vetco H4 18¾in 10K wellhead connector 
LMRP 2 x NL Shaffer Type Wedge Cover 18¾in 5K annular; 1 x Vetco H4 18¾in 10K riser connector 
Diverter Hughes Regan KFDS, 49½in, 500 psi with 2 x 12in outlets 
Control System Koomey 26300-55 hydraulic control system, 3000 psi with Glycol injection system 
Riser Vetco MR-6E, 21in OD x 65 ft long with 3in C&K lines 
Riser
Tensioners
Vetco MR-6E, 21 
Guideline
Tensioners
4 x Western 16 kips, 40 ft travel 
Podline
Tensioners
2 x Western 16 kips, 40 ft travel 
Choke & Kill Cameron 3-1/8in 15,000 psi H2S Trim with 2 x adjustable chokes and 2 x power chokes 
Cementing Halliburton HCS-25D (third party equipment) 

Machinery

Main Power 3 x EMD 16-645-E9 rated 3200 hp each, driving 1 x 2500 kW and 2 x 2750 kW generator 
Emergency Power 1 x Detroit Diesel 12-V-71 rated 450 hp driving 1 x 350 kW generator 
Power Distribution 10 x Baylor 1500 FX Thyrig Bays SCR System, 1500 amps 4160 V; 2 x Bauteil SCR units 
Deck Cranes 2 National OS-435, 120 ft boom, 46 st @ 30 ft; 1 x Kentz BV DHC, 165 ft boom, 110 st @ 77 ft 
Thrusters 4 x Pleuger 1600 hp variable blade azimuthing thrusters 
Propulsion See Thrusters 

Mooring Equipment

Winches 8 x Baylor 350, 1000 kips hold, 500 kips stall 
Wire/Chain 8 x 4,200 ft x 3in ORQ chains 
Anchors 8 x LWT Baldt 30,000 lbs