Ocean Apex

Ocean Apex

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Rig Specifications – Ocean Apex

General

DesignEnhanced Victory Class
Year Entered Service2014
ClassificationABS, A1 Column Stablised Drilling Unit
Main Deck361ft (110m) Long x 320ft (97.53m) Wide
Draft76ft (23.16m) Drilling 28ft (8.5m) – 41.5ft (12.6m) Transit
Displacement49,855LT Drilling 30,930LT – 37,457LT Transit
Variable Deck Load7,000LT Drilling, 7000LT Transit
Transit SpeedUp to 3.8 knots
Water Depth6,000ft (1,829m) designed 2,000ft (610m) - outfitted
Drilling Depth30,000ft (9,144m)
Accommodation140 people
HelideckSikorsky S-92; CAP 437 compliant

Drilling Equipment

DerrickNOV, 185 ft. high with 40 ft. x 40 ft. base, load capacity of 2,000 kips
DrawworksNOV UDBEL 2040, four DC electric motors, 1,000hp each, with 2” drilling line
CompensatorNOV drill string motion compensator, 800 kips compensating capacity, 25 ft. stroke
Rotary TableNOV RST, 49 ½”
Top DriveNOV TDX-1000, 1,000T with pipe handler
Tubular Handling1 x NOV ST-160 Iron Roughneck for tubular range 3 7/8" to 10” and casing range 5” to 22” 1 x ST-120 Iron Roughneck tubular range 3 1/2” to 10” for offline stand building NOV BR-10-SD-D bridge racker NOV 8026 Torque Master Bucking Machine
Mud Pumps4x NOV 14-P 220, 2,200hp each, 7,500 psi

Cranes

Deck Cranes1x 56 tons Seatrax 6032 with 150ft boom 1x 56 tons Seatrax 7224 with 160ft boom 1x 68 tons Seatrax 9040 with 160ft boom 1x 34.4 tons NOV knuckle-boom crane for riser and tubular handling

Storage Capacity

Liquid Mud Storage6,624 bbls (1,053 m3)
Liquid Mud Active3,187 bbls (507 m3)
Base Oil3,315 bbls (527 m3)
Brine4,563 bbls (725 m3)
Bulk Cement10,219 ft3 (289 m3)
Bulk Bentonite / Gel8494 ft3 (240 m3)
Bulk Barite8490 ft3 (240 m3)
Sack Storage5,000 sacks
Fuel6,986 bbls (1,110 m3)
Drill Water15,457 bbls (2,457 m3)
Potable Water4,089 bbls (651 m3)

Subsea Equipment

DiverterVetco, KFDS-500, Full Bore, 49-1/2” RT
BOP StackShaffer NXT-M 18-¾” 15,000psi five-ram Shaffer dual 18-¾” 10,000psi annular APIS53 compliant 2x BSR-3K 3x Pipe Rams
C&K Manifold3 1/16”, 15,000 psi
Marine RiserShaffer FT-E, 75 ft. long per joint
Tensioners8x 200kips dual Rucker wireline riser tensioners Total capacity 1,600 kips with 50 ft of wire travel
Moonpool80.7ft x 72ft (24.6m x 22m)

Power Generation

Main Power5 x Caterpillar C175 Tier II diesel engines rated 2,400hp each with 4,160 VAC generators
Emergency Power1 x Caterpillar C32 engine rated 720kW

Station Keeping / Propulsion System

Mooring System8x 3 ¼” x 4,200 ft. RQ5 chains 8x 3 ¾” x 6,800 ft. wires 8x 15T Stevpris MK6 anchors 12-point mooring system capable

Other Information

MPDReady (hard piping installed)
Flare Booms2x 92ft long

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