Amos Runner

  • Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, recently laid the keel for the first of two Levingston-designed jackup drilling rigs to be built for Noble Drilling Company of Ardmore, Okla. The first rig will be named the Ed Holt; the second rig has not been named. Noble Drilling, a leading domestic drilling contracting firm formed in 1921, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Noble Affiliates, Inc.

    Attending the ceremony and representing Noble were: George Matetich, president; Merrick Harmon, vice president and manager of operations; Dick Fugal, vice president of marketing; Johnny Hoffman, division manager, New Orleans; Max Smith, assistant divisional manager, New Orleans; Amos Runner, assistant general manager, Mid Continent Division; and A.D. (Sparky) Balla, owner's representative. Representing Levingston were: Joe Barrios, vice p r e s i d e n t of operations; Russ Teel, director of steel trades; Eddie Uher, project engineer; Kyle Cooper, program manager; Woody Gaines, director of industrial engineering ; Dick Franklin, steel superintendent; Curtis Harrison, director of outfitting; Major Inman, director of contracts; and George Istre, program manager.

    Overall dimensions of the triangular shaped rig are 200 feet by 186 feet by 23 feet. The three 414-foot-long legs will enable the rig to drill in 300 feet of water to a depth of 25,000 feet. Designed to withstand winds of 109 knots and seas of 50 feet, the rig will provide accommodations for 54 people.

  • capabilities. Recent projects the company has taken on, prior to moving to its new operation, include several jobs (vessels Leonard Jones. Amos Runner and Max Smith) for Noble Dr lling. Work involved a variety of improvements, specifically on Leonard Jones, which received new shell shakers and

  • MR Dec-97#12 HAM Marine, Inc. Amos Runner was expected to arrive)
    December 1997 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 12

    Contract From Noble Friede Goldman has announced an EVA-4000 project from Noble Drilling for its Pascagoula-based shipyard HAM Marine, Inc. Amos Runner was expected to arrive at the shipyard in mid- November with a targeted comple- tion date of January 1999. The conversion project will include

  • MR Oct-99#38 con- version, Noble Amos Runner, began drilling in)
    October 1999 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 38

    . Noble Announces Fourth Semi Conversion A Success Noble Drilling said its fourth success- ful EVA-4000™ semisubmersible con- version, Noble Amos Runner, began drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on August 15 for its contractors — Kerr-McGee Corp., Marathon Oil and Murphy Explo- ration and Production

  • MN Sep-07#19 Rig Ocean Eirik Raude Noble Amos Runner Noble Clyde Boudreaux)
    September 2007 - Marine News page: 19

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