On September 29th the company took delivery of its fourth drill ship, Ocean Rig Mykonos. The drill ship is currently mobilizing for operations in Brazil for Petrobras.
A drill ship is a drilling facility in the form of a ship, which can facilitate the drilling of crude oil and gas in deep sea areas with severe waves, and thus the related sea platform installation is difficult. It incorporates both ship technology and sea plant technology.
Main Dimensions:
Main deck dimensionsh m Unit overall length, 228 meter
No. and diameter of main columns No./ ft NA
No. and diameter of small columns No./ ft NA
Light Ship Weight MT 35,850
Gross tonnage MT
Drilling Draft / Displacement m / MT 96,000
Transit draft / Displacement m / MT 66,500
Survival draft / Displacement m / MT 96,000
Moon pool dimensions: m x m 25,6 m x 12,48 m
Max. opening through spider deck m
Height Pontoon NA
Ocean Rig owns and operates Leiv Eiriksson and Eirik Raude, two of the world’s largest and most modern drilling rigs, built for ultra deep water and extreme weather conditions.
SHI – Geoje Shipyard is the first shipyard certified by the world’s three highly recognized international standards; ISO 9001(Management Quality), ISO14001(Environment Management) and OHSAS 18001(Safe and Healthy Working Environment Management).
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Source: ocean-rig, October 4, 2011