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at the Samsung yard, all Samsung

SHI S10000 design, capable of drilling in 12,000ft water depth:

West Jupiter, West Neptune, West

Saturn and West Tellus.

Drillships Seadrill will also manage the three ultra-deepwater drillships under construction at Sembcorp

Marine’s Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz shipyard in the Brazilian state of

Espirito Santo. These are Jurong

Shipyard’s proprietary Jurong

Espadon design, capable of working in 10,000ft water depth and drilling to 40,000ft. They will each feature a 40m-wide main deck, DP3, and offer accommodation facilities for a

West Auriga West Vela are sister ships under and Seadrill’s ultra-deepwater 180-man crew. construction at Samsung Heavy Industries’ yard in South Korea. Guarapari Drilling, Netherlands, a subsidiary of Sete Brasil spoke at INTSOK’s most recent The West Gemini and West Polaris, Participacões SA, signed the ? rst

US-Norway Technology Partnership owned by Seadrill, are Samsung construction contract, worth

Conference in Houston, where one SHI S10000 design, capable of US$792.5 million, with Sembcorp of the themes was ‘Stretching the working in water to 10,000ft and Marine in February 2012, and

Limits of Proven Technologies’. drilling to 35,000ft. subsequent contracts in August and

He said that the challenges post- In November 2010, the company in November for $806.4 million

Macondo include incorporating announced that it had placed orders each. redundant systems, providing for the two new drillships, with Sete Brasil now has a total of greater load capacities and meeting Samsung, in a turnkey contract seven drillships on order.

new requirements for BOPs and valued at $1.08 billion. Seadrill said Jason Saw Koon Khim, offshore &

ROVs. The company is focusing on the total project price per rig would marine analyst at DMG & Partners eliminating single-point failures in be less than $600 million, which Securities in Singapore, said the every critical path. includes project management, ? rst contract price was about 30% The three most recent newbuilds drilling and handling tools, spares, higher than drillship prices from to join Seadrill’s ? eet, West Capella, capitalized interest, and operations shipyards in South Korea, which

West Gemini and West Polaris, were preparations. ‘provides suf? cient buffer to cater also built at Samsung and delivered According to Seadrill’s Fleet for the additional risk of building a in 2008-2010. The West Capella, Status Report, the West Auriga will drillship in Brazil’.

owned by Mosveld Drilling, is be delivered in March and in transit All the Brazilian-built drillships

Samsung Saipem 10000 design, through June this year. Sister ship will initially work for Petrobras in capable of working in water depths West Vela, will be delivered in June the Santos Basin, under 15-year to 10,000ft and drilling to 37,500ft. and in transit through September. contracts.

Both ships are apparently destined In the future, Bollinger expects to for as-yet-unannounced, long-term see more clarity in regulations, more contracts, with the next availability focus on competency assurance and for the West Auriga listed as industry standardization, increased beginning October 2020, and West drilling equipment capacity, and the

Vela in January 2021. phase-out of older drilling platforms The West Auriga and West Vela from the deep and ultra-deepwater will be capable of drilling in water markets. to 12,000ft and to a total depth of 40,000ft. Both feature dual derricks and hook load capacity of 1250 tons. www.oedigital.comwww.oedigital.com

Seven ultra-deepwater drillships They will be the ? rst ships out of are under contract to be built at the the Samsung yard equipped with Oceaneering wins Kizomba

Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz shipyard in seven-ram BOP stacks. contract

Brazil. Seadrill has four other drillships Petrobras cheers Muriú ? nd

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