This week we inspected the Deepsea Stavanger drilling rig that has been utilized in this year’s drilling campaign. The rig will be sublet to another operator over the winter period before coming back on contract for an extensive exploration drilling campaign again in Q2 2019, of which we will be delivering well planning and engineering.
The Deepsea Stavanger rig is a sixth generation deepwater (3,000m water depths) and harsh environment semi-submersible that has been winterized for application in arctic conditions. It has a state-of-the-art, highly efficient drilling system, which includes a dual derrick with a main and an auxiliary work centre to facilitate a number of simultaneous operations, in addition to dual active heave compensating drawworks for increased performance, efficiency, safety and redundancy.
