South Korea: Ocean Rig Orders Two More Drillships from SHI

Ocean Rig has recently ordered two more drill ships for construction at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Korea. The drill ships are scheduled for delivery in July and October 2013.

Main Features:

• Water depth capacity of 10,000 feet

• Variable deck load of 20,000 tonnes

• Transit speed of 12 knots

• Dynamic positioning system – Kongsberg DP Class 3

• Vessel power of 6 x 8,000 KW STX diesel engines

• Thruster capacity 6 x 5,500 KW

• Dual drilling package to enable drilling operations in Main & Aux well

• Five (5) x 14-P-220 HP Mud Pumps

Samsung Heavy Industries has successfully completed diverse projects With the aim of securing global leadership in various sectors including shipbuilding, offshore, engineering and construction, wind power, power and control systems.

Most notably, it has achieved unbeatable leadership in the high-tech high-value shipbuilding sector by maintaining the world’s No. 1 share in the drill ship, ultra-large container ship, LNG carrier and FPSO markets.

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Source: OceanRig, May 6, 2011.