Noble Blackships are high specification drillships designed for maximum uptime in harsh environment ultra-deepwater conditions. Her advanced drilling systems ensure reliable performance across the world’s most challenging basins.
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| Rig Type | Ultra Deepwater Drillship |
| Rig Design | Gusto P10,000 DW |
| Year built/upgraded | 2014 |
| Year Entered Service | 2014 |
| Builder | HHI |
| Flag | Marshall Islands |
| Classification | ABS, Drilling Unit, ✠A1, ✠AMS, ✠ACCU, ✠ABS MPD, ✠DPS-3, CPS, CRC, GP, HELIDK(SRF), PMP+, SFA(25), SH-DLA, UWILD |
| MODU Code | 2009 |
| Overall Length | 757 ft |
| Draft | 36 ft |
| Depth | 60 ft |
| Displacement | 70,459 t |
| Variable deck load | 21,150 t |
| Transit speed | 12 knots |
| Water depth | 12,000 ft |
| Drilling depth | 40,000 ft |
| Accomodation | 210 |
| Hook load | 2.5MM lbs (main), 1.5MM lbs (aux) |
| Moonpool | 73 ft x 32 ft (effective), 115 ft x 32 ft (main deck) |
| Liquid Mud | 15,004 bbls (2,385 m3) |
| Base Oil | 7,212 bbls (1,147 m3) |
| Brine | 13,175 bbls (2,095 m3) |
| Bulk Cement | 16,100 cuft |
| Bulk Bentonite | 8,050 cuft |
| Bulk Barite/Gel | 8,050 cuft |
| Sack Storage | 6,000 |
| Fuel | 47,425 bbls (7,540 m3) |
| Drill Water | 18,593 bbls (2,956 m3) |
| Potable Water | 8,834 bbls (1,404 m3) |
| Derrick | NOV DDBN; 80 ft x 60 ft x 210 ft; 1,250 st main & 750 st aux |
| Drawworks | 1 x NOV AHD-1250 rated for 2,500 kips (main) 1 x NOV AHD-750 rated for 1,500 kips (aux) |
| Motion Compensator | AHC (main, aux), PHC (main) |
| Rotary Table | 1 x NOV RST 75 ½” hydraulic (main) 1 x NOV RST 60 ½” hydraulic (aux) |
| Top Drive | 1 x NOV TDX-1250 (main) 1 x NOV TDS-8S (aux) |
| Tubular Handling | 2 x NOV HR ‘Hydraracker’ IV-ER |
| Fingerboard Capacity | 375 Stds 6 ⅝” DP, 20 Stds 6 ⅝” HWDP, 44 Stds BHA, 77 Stds CSG |
| Mud Pumps | 5 x NOV 14-P-220, 2,200hp, 7,500 psi |
| Solids control system | 6 x NOV VSM |
| Iron Roughneck | 1 x NOV MPT 270 (main, Q4 2026) 1 x NOV MPT 200 (aux) |
| Diverter | Vetco CSO 21-¼” 500 psi diverter with 1 x 20” flow line + 2 x 16” overboard diverter lines |
| Dual BOP | Yes |
| BOP Stack | 2 x Hydril 18 ¾” 15k psi seven-ram preventer |
| LMRP | 2 x Hydril 18 ¾” 10k psi annular preventers |
| C&K Manifold | WOM, 15k psi |
| Marine Riser | Vetco HMF Class H 21", 75 ft long per joint, 10,000 ft, below deck storage |
| Tensioners | 16 x 225 kips NOV wireline riser tensioners. Capacity 3,600 kips with 50 t of wire travel |
| Moonpool | 1 x 120 t NOV Xmas Tree Trolley |
| Closed Bus | Linear Closed Bus |
| Main Power | 6 x 4,500 kW, Himsen at 720 rpm 2 x 9,000 kW, Himsen at 720 rpm |
| Electrical Power | 6 x 5,375 kVA, 11kV, generators 2 x 10,875 kVA, 11kV, generators |
| Emergency Power | 1 x 1,900 kW STX, 1,500 kW, 440V, generator |
| Main Cranes | 2 x 85 t electro-hydraulic knuckle-boom cranes 1 x 100 t electro-hydraulic knuckle-boom cranes |
| Subsea cranes | 1 x 165 t AHC knuckle-boom, subsea capable |
| X-Mas Tree / BOP | 2 x 240 t NOV BOP Gantry Crane |
| Other | 1 x 20 t Box Boom – Well Test Deck |
| Technology | The vessel is equipped with advanced automation, real-time data systems, MPD, and Red Zone Management capabilities |
| Energy Efficiency | Its unique combination of different engine sizes allows more efficient engine usage utilizing a linear closed bus. |
| Drill Floor | Top drives installed on both main and aux well center |
| Mooring system | N/A |
| Mooring winches | N/A |
| Thrusters | 6 x 5,000kW, Thrustmaster, azimuth thrusters with fixed pitch variable speed propellers |
| DP system | Kongsberg SDP-22 System for DPS-3 Operations |
| Position reference systems | 2 x HPR / 3 x DGPS |
| MPD | 2 x 6” and 2 x 3” Chokes, fixed Installation, Safekick with AFG IRJ |
| Burner booms | N/A |
| Dual Well Centers | Yes |
| Automation | Cyberbase |
| Red Zone Management | Helin, camera with alarm |
| On the Go | Yes |
| H56 Enabled | No |
| Data Infrastructure | Real time data monitoring |
| Other | N/A |
Noble’s core values have been a common thread guiding our actions throughout our long history. These values remain relevant and essential today, and still reflect what we stand for: honesty and integrity, safety, environmental stewardship, respect and performance.
Living our core value of safety and providing a safe workplace for our employees, contractors and customers is paramount at Noble. We’re on a journey to proactively improve our safeguards offshore, build capacity to operate safely, and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
