Noble’s Guyana fleet represents a series of high-specification, seventh-generation DP3 drillships engineered for continuous ultra-deepwater drilling. Equipped with dual-activity capability, advanced automation, and robust well delivery systems, these rigs consistently deliver safe, reliable, and high-performance operations.
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| Rig Type: | Drillship |
| Rig Design: | Gusto P10000 |
| Year Built / Upgraded: | 2013 |
| Year Entered Service | 2013 |
| Builder: | Hyundai Heavy Industries |
| Classification: | DNV +1A1, Ship Shaped Drilling Unit, BIS, Crane-Offshore, DAT(-20°C), DYNPOS(AUTRO), E0, HELDK |
| Flag: | Liberia |
| MODU Code: | 2009 |
| Overall Length | 752 ft |
| Draft | 36 ft (operating), 36 ft (transit) |
| Depth | 60 ft |
| Displacement | 70,000 t |
| Variable deck load | 20,000 t |
| Transit speed | 11 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: | 14,586 bbls |
| Base Oil: | 7,195 bbls |
| Fuel: | 44,544 bbls |
| Brine: | 7,915 bbls |
| Bulk Cement: | 15,891 cuft |
| Bulk Bentonite: | 7,981 cuft |
| Bulk Barite: | 7,981 cuft |
| Sacks: | 10,000 |
| Fuel: | 44,544 bbls |
| Drill Water: | 21,070 bbls |
| Potable Water: | 2,522 bbls |
| Derrick: | NOV DDBN; 210 ft x 80 ft x 60 ft; 1,250 st main & 750 st aux |
| Drawworks: | 1 x AHD-1250; 6,700 kW (main) 1 x SSGD-750, 3,355 kW (aux) |
| Motion Compensator: | 1x AHC (main), 1x CMC (main) |
| Rotary Table: | 1x NOV Model RST-755; 75-1/2 in Main 1x NOV Model RST-605; 60-1/2 in Aux |
| Top Drive: | NOV TDX-1250; 150,000 ft-lbs @ 130 RPM fts |
| Tubular Handling: | 2 x NOV HydraRacker-model HR-IV-ER |
| Fingerboard Capacity: | DP 375 at 141 ft, casing 84 at 141ft, HWPD 20 at 135 ft, BHA 30 at 120 ft |
| Mud Pumps: | (4) National 14-P-220; 2,200 HP |
| Solids Control System: | 6 x NOV Brandt VMS-MS Shakers |
| Iron Roughneck: | NOV Hyrda-tong MPT-270 - x 2, Pipe range: 3-1/2" to 10", Make up and break range 200,000 ft/lbs |
| Control System: | NOV Shaffer MUX System |
| Diverter | NOV-Shaffer-CSO; 75.5” x 1,000 psi w/ 21.5” packer element working pressure |
| Dual BOP | Yes |
| BOP Stack | Yes |
| LMRP | 2 x NOV Shaffer SL 18-3/4” x 10,000 psi annulars |
| C&K Manifold | WOM 15K |
| Marine Riser | NOV-Shaffer-FT-H; 75 ft length, 10,000 ft stored below deck |
| Tensioners | 14 x NOV SWRT-250-50; 250 kips/ea; Wire line travel of 50ft |
| XT Carts | 2 x 264 kips Xmas storage Tree Trolley, 1 x 882 kips Xmas Tree trolley to move Xmas trees well center w/capacity to hang off casing |
| Robotics | RTX-215 robot pipe doper cleaner and mud bucket |
| MPD | Coriolis early kick detection system, fingerprinting Coriolis system |
| Fluid System | Shale shaker LCM recovery system for wellbore strengthening |
| Drillfloor | Anti-Collision System (ACS) |
| Passive Compensation | Active Heave Cylinder (AHC) for Crown Mounted Compensator (CMC). |
| BOP | Third Party real-time monitoring system |
| Drilling Efficiency | PIMS – pipe information management system. |
| Main Power | 6 x 8,000 kW, Himsen at 720 rpm |
| Electrical Power | 6 x 7,600 kW, 11kV, generators |
| Emergency Power | 1 x 1,500 kW STX, 1,500 kW, 480V, generator |
| Mooring System | N/A |
| Mooring Winches | N/A |
| Thrusters | 6 x 5,000 kW, UUC 455 Rolls Ryce, azimuth thrusters with fixed pitch variable speed propellers |
| DP System | Kongsberg DP3 K-Pos DP-22 (main) & DP12 (backup) |
| Position Reference Systems | 2 x HPR / 3 x DGPS |
| Main Cranes | 3 x 100 t NOV Kunckeboom |
| Subsea Cranes | 1 x 165 t AHC, NOV 10,000ft WD capacity |
| X-Mas Tree/BOP | 1 x 250 t (2x) NOV BOP Gantry Crane |
| Other | N/A |
| MPD | No |
| Burner Booms | N/A |
| Dual Well Centers | Yes |
| Automization | Cyberbase, MMC, ATOM RTX, NOVOS, DrillTronics, Softspeed, PIMS |
| Red Zone Management | Salunda Crewhawk, sensor and wearable, 2027 |
| On the Go | Yes |
| H56 Enabled | Yes |
| Data Infrastructure | NOV Datavault, real time monitoring |
| Other | N/A |
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