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Fleet Specifications
| Deepwater Horizon |
| The DEEPWATER HORIZON is a Reading & Bates Falcon RBS8D design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 8,000 ft (upgradeable to 10,000 ft) using 18¾in 15,000 psi BOP and 21in OD marine riser. |
| Rig Type |
5th Generation Deepwater |
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| Design |
Reading & Bates Falcon RBS-8D |
| Builder |
Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard, Ulsan, South Korea |
| Year Built |
2001 |
| Classification |
ABS |
| Flag |
Marshall Islands |
| Accommodation |
130 berths |
| Helideck |
Rated for S61-N helicopter |
| Moonpool |
21 ft x 93 ft |
| Station Keeping |
Dynamically Positioned |
| Max Drill Depth |
30,000 ft / 9,144 m |
| Max Water Depth |
8,000 ft / 2,438 m |
| Operating Conditions |
Significant Wave: 29 ft;@ 10.1 sec; Wind: 60 knots; Current: 3.5 knots |
| Storm Conditions |
Significant Wave: 41 ft @ 15 sec; Wind: 103 knots; Current: 3.5 knots |
Technical Dimensions
| Length |
396 ft |
121 m |
| Breadth |
256 ft |
78 m |
| Depth |
136 ft |
41 m |
| Operating Draft |
76 ft |
23 m |
| Ocean Transit Draft |
29 ft |
9 m |
| VDL - Operating |
8,816 st |
8,000 mt |
Capacities
| Liquid Mud |
4,435 bbls |
24,900 cu ft |
705 cu m |
| Drill Water |
13,076 bbls |
73,415 cu ft |
2,078 cu m |
| Potable Water |
7,456 bbls |
41,862 cu ft |
1,185 cu m |
| Fuel Oil |
27,855 bbls |
156,392 cu ft |
4,426 cu m |
| Bulk Mud |
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13,625 cu ft |
386 cu m |
| Bulk Cement |
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8,175 cu ft |
231 cu m |
| Sack Material |
10,000 sacks |
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Drilling Equipment
| Derrick |
Dreco 242 ft x 48 ft x 48 ft, 2000 kips GNC |
| Drawworks |
Hitec active heave compensating drawworks, 6900 hp rated input power continuous, 2in drilling line |
| Motion Compensator |
Hitec ASA Active Heave Compensator, 13.7 ft stroke, 500 st operating, 1000 st locked |
| Top Drive |
Varco TDS-8S, 750 st, 1150 hp with PH-100 pipe handler |
| Rotary |
Varco RST, 60.5in opening, 1000 st |
| Pipe Handling |
2 x Varco PRS-6i Pipe Packers; Varco AR-3200 Iron Roughneck |
| Mud Pumps |
4 x Continental Emsco FC-2200, 7500 psi |
| Shale Shakers |
7 x Brandt LCM-2D CS linear motion / cascading shakers |
| Desander |
2 x Brandt SRS-3 with 6 x 12in cones |
| Desilter |
Brandt LCM-2D/LMC with 40 x 4in cones over one linear motion shaker, 2400 gpm |
| Mud Cleaner |
See Desilter |
| BOP |
2 x Cameron Type TL 18¾in 15K double preventers; 1 x Cameron Type TL 18¾in 15K single preventer; 1 x Cameron DWHC 18¾in 15K wellhead connector |
| LMRP |
2 x Cameron DL 18¾in 10K annular; 1 x Cameron HC 18¾in 10K connector |
| Diverter |
Hydril 60 with 21¼in max bore size, 500 psi WP and 18in flowline and two outlets |
| Control System |
Cameron Multiplex Control System |
| Riser |
Vetco HMF-Classs H 21in OD riser; 90 ft long joints with C&K and booster and hydraulic supply lines |
Riser
Tensioners |
6 x Hydralift Inline, 50f t stroke, 800 kips each |
Guideline
Tensioners |
N/A |
Podline
Tensioners |
N/A |
| Choke & Kill |
Stewart & Stevenson 3-1/16in, 15K, with 2 x adjustable chokes and 2 x hydraulic power chokes |
| Cementing |
Halliburton (third party equipment) |
Machinery
| Main Power |
6 x Wartsila 18V32 rated 9775 hp each, driving 6 x ABB AMG 0900xU10 7000 kW 11,000 volts AC generators |
| Emergency Power |
1 x Caterpillar 3408 DITA driving 1 x Caterpillar SR4 370 kW 480 volts AC generator |
| Power Distribution |
8 x ABB Sami-Megastar Thruster Drives, 5.5 MW and 6 x GE Drilling Drive Lineups 600 V 12 MW |
| Deck Cranes |
2 x Liebherr, 150 ft boom, 80 mt @ 35 ft |
| Thrusters |
8 x Kamewa rated 7375 hp each, fixed propeller, full 360 deg azimuth |
| Propulsion |
See Thrusters |
Mooring Equipment
| Winches |
N/A |
| Wire/Chain |
N/A |
| Anchors |
N/A |
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