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 | Drillship |
| Rig Design | Gusto P10,000 DW |
| Year Entered Service | 2015 |
| Classification | ABS, +A1, Drillship, Helidk, +AMS, +ACC, |
| Main Deck | 757ft (230.73m) Long x 118ft (35.96m) Wide |
| Draft | 36ft (11.0m) Operating |
| Displacement | 70,459 MT Operating |
| Variable Deck Load | 22,045 MT Operating |
| Transit Speed | Up to 12.0 knots |
| Water Depth | 12,000ft (3,658m) - designed |
| Drilling Depth | 40,000ft (12,192m) |
| Accommodation | 210 people |
| Helideck | Sikorsky S-61 & S-92, CAP 437 compliant includes pushback /parking area |
| Derrick | NOV Dual Bottleneck, 210 ft high with 80 ft x 60 ft base, gross capacity of 4,000 kips |
| Drawworks | Main: NOV/AHD 1250 rated for 2,500 kips Aux: NOV/AHD 750 rated for 1,500 kips |
| Compensator | Active Heave Drawworks rated for 1,700kips dynamic, 2,500kips static Passive Heave CMC (Main) rated for 1,000kips dynamic, 2,800kips static |
| Rotary Table | Main: NOV RST 75 ⅝” hydraulic, 1,375T static Aux: NOV RST 60 ⅝” hydraulic, 1,000T static |
| Top Drive | Main: NOV TDX-1250 Aux: NOV TDS-8SA |
| Tubular Handling | 2 x NOV MPT 200 ‘Hydraulic Roughnecks’ for tubular range 3 ½” to 9 ¾” 2 x NOV HR ‘Hydraracker’ IV-ER |
| Fingerboard Capacity | DP - 50,625 ft (375 Stds) 6 ⅝” HWDP - 2,700 ft (20 Stds) of 6 ⅝” OD BHA – 7,500 ft (44 Stds) of 4 ¾” to 9 ½” OD CSG - 10,395 ft (77 Stds) of 7” to 14” OD |
| Mud Pumps | 5 x NOV 14-P-220, 2,200hp, 7,500 psi |
| Shale Shakers | 6 x NOV VSM Multisizers |
| Liquid Mud | 15,004 bbls (2,385 m3) |
| Base Oil | 7,212 bbls (1,147 m3) |
| Brine | 13,175 bbls (2,095 m3) |
| Bulk Barite/Gel | 15,891 ft3 (450 m3) |
| Bulk Cement | 15,891 ft3 (450 m3) |
| Sack Storage | 6,000 sacks |
| Fuel | 47,425 bbls (7,540 m3) |
| Drill Water | 18,593 bbls (2,956 m3) |
| Potable Water | 8,834 bbls (1,404 m3) |
| Diverter | Vetco CSO 21-¼” 500 psi diverter with 1 x 20” flow line + 2 x 16” overboard diverter lines |
| BOP Stacks (2) | Hydril 18 ¾” 15,000 psi seven-ram preventer 2 x Hydril 18 ¾” 10,000 psi annular preventers APIS53 compliant |
| C&K Manifold | 3 1/16”, 15,000 psi |
| Marine Riser | Vetco HMF Class H 21", 75 ft long per joint |
| Tensioners | 16 x 225 kips NOV wireline riser tensioners. Capacity 3,600 kips with 50 t of wire travel |
| Moonpool | 73 ft x 32ft (22.25m x 9.75m) |
| Main Cranes | 2 x 85T knuckle-boom 1x 100T knuckle-boom 1x 165T AH compensation knuckle-boom |
| Overhead Crane | 2x NOV 39.7T |
| Gantry Crane | 1 x NOV 595T |
| Main Power | 6x Himsen diesel engines rated 4,500kW, each driving 5,375 kVA AC generators 2x Himsen diesel engines rated 9,000kW, each driving 10,875 kVA AC generators |
| Emergency Power | V-type diesel engine rated 1,900kW driving 1 x STX engine rated 1,500kW AC generator |
| Thrusters | 6 x Thrustmaster, 5,000kW azimuth thrusters with fixed pitch variable speed propellers |
| DP System | Kongsberg K-POS |
| Dual Activity | Yes |
| Managed Pressure Drilling | Fully integrated MPD System (Q4 2024 Install) |
| Automation | NOV MMC & NOVOS Platforms |
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.
