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The Levingston-built jackjp Sam Noble.

Jackup Rig "Sam Noble"

Is Christened At Levingston

The self-elevating offshore drilling unit Sam Noble, built by

Levingston Shipbuilding Compa- ny of Orange, Texas, was chris- tened recently in ceremonies held in Port Arthur, Texas.

The unit was built for the

Noble Drilling Corporation, and was christened by Mrs. Mary safe jm.

Jane Noble, wife of Sam Noble, chairman of the board of Noble

Affiliates, Inc.

The Sam Noble is a Levingston

Class 111-C rig capable of drill- ing to 25,000 feet in water depths of up to 300 feet. Sistership of the Ed Holt, which was chris- tened by Levingston a year ago, the Sam Noble is designed with capabilities for duty in interna- tional and remote locations.

The unit has crew quarters for 80, with twin galleys and mess halls for native and expatriate crews, a four-man treatment cen- ter, as well as recreational facil- ities. It features a significant in- crease in storage capacity — an added 21,000 cubic feet — from the conventional hull design. The added storage will enable the unit to carry a larger complement of spare parts such as motors to reduce downtime from equipment failure in remote areas.

Designed to operate in winds to 109 knots and seas to 50 feet, the Sam Noble is equipped with the following drilling equipment:

Oilwell E-3000 drawworks pow- ered by three G.E. 752 DC mo- tors; three EMD 16-645 diesel engines, each driving an EMD

A-20 generator; a power system of four Ross Hill model 1400

SCR ; total horsepower of 5,850 : two Oilwell A-1700 PT mud pumps with two DC motors each; traveling equipment rated at 500 tons; a Lee C. Moore "T" leg derrick rated at 1,250,000 pounds; an Oilwell B-49lxo rotary with two-speed transmission and DC motor drive; and two 65-ton FMC link-belt deck cranes.

The rig's triangular-shaped hull measures 200 feet long by 186 feet wide, and 22 feet 11 inches deep. The unit's three legs each measure 414 feet 61 L> inches long. The Sam Noble was built to ABS classification and U.S.

Coast Guard certification.

The Sam Noble is one of a se- ries of marine rigs recently put into service by Noble Drilling which features a standardized ar- rangement of drilling equipment.

Noble Drilling Corporation, one of the premier drilling contrac- tors in the industry, with the addition of the Sam Noble has a fleet of 15 marine and 37 land rigs. The company recently re- ceived a unique honor when, for the first time in I.A.D.C. records, it swept the first place Class A safety awards for both land and offshore operations. It is a sub- sidiary of Noble Affiliates, Inc., which is listed on the New York

Stock Exchange.

Levingston Shipbuilding Com- pany is internationally known as one of the pioneers in the con- struction of offshore drilling rigs.

Since World War II, Levingston has built 171 vessels for the off- shore industry, ranging from dy- namically positioned drillships, semisubmersibles and jackups to posted drilling barges, tenders, and other large offshore struc- tures.

SAM NOBLE

Major Suppliers

Cranes FMC Link-Belt

Main Engines (3) EMD

Generators EM

Emergency Generators Caterpillar

Sewage System Red Fox

Jacking System National

Drawworks Oilwel

Drill Console Martin Decker

Auxiliary Brake Parmac

Mud Pumps Oilwell

Centrifugal Mud

Pumps Mission Magnum

Rotary Table Oilwell

Derrick . . . . Lee C. Moore Standard

BOP Cameron, Shaffer, Hydril

BOP Handling

System NL Control System

Drill Motors GE

Crown Block Oilwell

Hook Dynaplex

Kelly Drilco

Swivel Oilwell

Winches Beebe

Air Compressors Airdyn

Pumps . Opeco, Crane Deming,

Gorman-Rupp, Brown & Sharp

Mooring Winches Skagit

Mrs. Mary Jane Noble christens the jackup rig as Major Inman of Levingston

Shipbuilding looks on.

New USCG Pollution

Prevention Requirements

Effective October 2

The U.S. Coast Guard has an- nounced that new requirements concerning prevention of pollu- tion from ships will become ef- fective on October 2, 1983.

For some U.S. shipowners and operators the new rules will mean changes in operating procedures and for others new equipment will be required. Also, a new In- ternational Oil Pollution Preven- tion Certificate will now be re- quired for vessels trading in for- eign ports.

Any U.S. seagoing ship of 400 gross tons or more will be re- quired to install oily-water sep- arating equipment or filtering systems for the treatment of en- gine room bilge water. Seagoing tankers 150 gross tons or more and other seagoing ships of 400 gross tons or more will be re- quired to have a copy of the re- vised oil record book for record- ing time, location, method of dis- charges of oil or oily water.

Ships of less than 400 gross tons must retain oily water on- board for discharge to reception facilities, or they may fit oily- water separating equipment or filtering systems required of the larger ships.

The new requirements result from the International Conven- tion for the Prevention of Pol- lution from Ships, 1973, as mod- ified by the Protocol of 1978.

Most of the requirements per- taining to tankers have already been incorporated into Coast

Guard regulations under author- ity of the Port and Tanker Safety

Act of 1978.

Details concerning the new pol- lution prevention changes may be obtained by writing the Com- mandant (G-WER-2), U.S. Coast

Guard Headquarters, Washing- ton, D.C. 20593. 46 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News