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Transocean John Shaw
The TRANSOCEAN JOHN SHAW is an Enhanced Pacetter designed and outfitted to operate in harsh environments in water depths up to 1,800 feet using a 18¾in, 10,000 psi BOP and a 21 in OD marine riser. 
Rig Type Other Floaters 
Design Modified & Enhanced Pacesetter self-propelled semi-submersible 
Builder Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Ltd, Japan 
Year Built 1982 
Classification DnV + 1A1, Column Stabilized Unit 
Flag Panama 
Accommodation 99 berths 
Helideck 89ft x 74ft; rated for Chinook 234 
Moonpool  
Station Keeping Moored 
Max Drill Depth 25,000 ft / 7,620 m 
Max Water Depth 1,800 ft / 549 m 
Operating Conditions Significant Wave: 24ft; Wind: 50 knots; Current: 1 knot 
Storm Conditions Maximum Wave: 110ft; Wind: 100 knots; Current: 2 knots 

Technical Dimensions

Length 281 ft  86 m 
Breadth 212 ft  65 m 
Depth 116 ft  35 m 
Operating Draft 70 ft  21 m 
Ocean Transit Draft 24 ft  7 m 
VDL - Operating 3,526 st  3,200 mt 

Capacities

Liquid Mud 2,605 bbls  14,626 cu ft  414 cu m 
Drill Water 10,092 bbls  56,662 cu ft  1,604 cu m 
Potable Water 10,115 bbls  56,791 cu ft  1,607 cu m 
Fuel Oil 10,473 bbls  58,801 cu ft  1,664 cu m 
Bulk Mud   8,400 cu ft  238 cu m 
Bulk Cement   8,400 cu ft  238 cu m 
Sack Material 7,000 sacks     

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Continental Emsco 218 x 40 x 40ft; 635mt nominal capacity, CE-C3, 3,000 hp w/ 1½in drill line; Elmagco brake, , , , , , , , , , , , ,  
Drawworks  
Motion Compensator HSMC DM-BP-18, 272mt operating (453mt pinned) with MH active heave 
Top Drive Varco, 454mt 
Rotary Continental Emsco T-4950 with 49½in opening 
Pipe Handling BJ Hughes Horizontal / Vertical 
Mud Pumps 3 x Continental Emsco FB-1600 (1,600 hp) triplex pumps 
Shale Shakers 4 x Thule Rig tech VSM 100 
Desander 1 x Brandt SR3, w/ (3) 12in cones (1500gpm) 
Desilter 1 x Brandt SE16, w/ (16) 4in cones (800gpm) 
Mud Cleaner  
BOP 2 x Hydril 18¾in 10,000 psi double rams ; 1 x Shaffer 18¾in 10,000 psi annular, Vetco HL Style ‘E’ wellhead connector. 
LMRP Shaffer 10,000psi 18¾in annular, Vetco H4 Style ‘E’ connector 
Diverter Regan KFDS, 24in, 500 psi w/ 2 x 12in OD flowlines 
Control System NL Shaffer hydraulic control system 
Riser 44 x Regan FD-8, 21in OD riser; 50ft joints with 15,000psi 3in ID C&K lines 
Riser
Tensioners
363mt max. tensioning capacity 
Guideline
Tensioners
4 x HSMC 9mt 
Podline
Tensioners
N/A 
Choke & Kill Cameron 15,000psi with 2 x adjustable chokes and 2 x power chokes 
Cementing BJ Service 38-8-5 diesel driven 15,000 psi unit 

Machinery

Main Power 4 x EMD MD 16EB diesels (2,200 hp) each driving 1 x 1400 kw AC generator 
Emergency Power 1 x Caterpillar D398diesel driving 1 x 1,200 kw AC generator 
Power Distribution Integrated Power Systems SCR system 
Deck Cranes 2 x FMC Link Belt, 100ft boom, 43mt @ 24ft; 1 x FMC Link Belt, 120ft boom, 50mt @ 35ft 
Thrusters N / A 
Propulsion 2 x propeller shafts in Kort nozzles; each shaft driven by 4 x electric motors (3,200 hp x 2) 

Mooring Equipment

Winches 4 x Skagit WDM-48, Double wildcat electric winches 
Wire/Chain 8 x 6,000ft x 3in NVK4 chains 
Anchors 8 x Stevpris anchors: 4 x 15mt, 4 x 12mt