South Korea: SHI to Build Another UDW Drillship for Ocean Rig

Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (Ocean Rig), a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, has signed a contract to construct a 7th Generation Ultra Deepwater Drillship at Samsung Heavy Industries.

This 7th Generation drillship is a sister ship to the three currently under construction at Samsung, and is scheduled to be delivered to the company in January 2015.

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

Ocean Rig owns and operates 10 offshore ultra deepwater drilling units, comprising of 2 ultra deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs and 8 ultra deepwater drillships, 3 of which remain to be delivered to the company during 2013 and one in 2015.

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Press Release, October 15, 2012; Image: ocean-rig