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Deepwater Horizon


Fleet Specifications

The DEEPWATER HORIZON is a Reading & Bates Falcon RBS8D design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 8,000 ft (upgradeable to 10,000 ft) using 18 ¾ in 15,000 psi BOP and 21 in OD marine riser.  
Rig Type 5th Generation Deepwater  
Design Reading & Bates Falcon RBS-8D  
Builder Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard, Ulsan, South Korea  
Year Built 2001  
Classification ABS  
Flag Marshall Islands
Accommodation 130 berths  
Helideck Rated for S61-N helicopter  
Moonpool 21 ft x 93 ft  
Station Keeping Dynamically Positioned  
Max Drill Depth 30,000 ft / 9,144 m  
Max Water Depth 8,000 ft / 2,438 m  
Operating Conditions Significant Wave: 29 ft;@ 10.1 sec; Wind: 60 knots; Current: 3.5 knots  
Storm Conditions Significant Wave: 41 ft @ 15 sec; Wind: 103 knots; Current: 3.5 knots  

Technical Dimensions

Length 396 ft   121 m  
Breadth 256 ft   78 m  
Depth 136 ft   41 m  
Operating Draft 76 ft   23 m  
Ocean Transit Draft 29 ft   9 m  
VDL – Operating 8,816 st   8,000 mt  

Capacities

Liquid Mud 4,435 bbls   24,900 cu ft   705 cu m  
Drill Water 13,076 bbls   73,415 cu ft   2,078 cu m  
Potable Water 7,456 bbls   41,862 cu ft   1,185 cu m  
Fuel Oil 27,855 bbls   156,392 cu ft   4,426 cu m  
Bulk Mud   13,625 cu ft   386 cu m  
Bulk Cement   8,175 cu ft   231 cu m  
Sack Material 10,000 sacks      

Drilling Equipment

Derrick Dreco 242 ft x 48 ft x 48 ft, 2000 kips GNC  
Drawworks Hitec active heave compensating drawworks, 6900 hp rated input power continuous, 2in drilling line  
Motion Compensator Hitec ASA Active Heave Compensator, 13.7 ft stroke, 500 st operating, 1000 st locked  
Top Drive Varco TDS-8S, 750 st, 1150 hp with PH-100 pipe handler  
Rotary Varco RST, 60.5in opening, 1000 st  
Pipe Handling 2 x Varco PRS-6i Pipe Packers; Varco AR-3200 Iron Roughneck  
Mud Pumps 4 x Continental Emsco FC-2200, 7500 psi  
Shale Shakers 7 x Brandt LCM-2D CS linear motion / cascading shakers  
Desander 2 x Brandt SRS-3 with 6 x 12in cones  
Desilter Brandt LCM-2D/LMC with 40 x 4in cones over one linear motion shaker, 2400 gpm  
Mud Cleaner See Desilter  
BOP 2 x Cameron Type TL 18 ¾in 15K double preventers; 1 x Cameron Type TL 18 ¾in 15K single preventer; 1 x Cameron DWHC 18 ¾in 15K wellhead connector  
LMRP 2 x Cameron DL 18 ¾in 10K annular; 1 x Cameron HC 18 ¾in 10K connector  
Diverter Hydril 60 with 21 ¼in max bore size, 500 psi WP and 18in flowline and two outlets  
Control System Cameron Multiplex Control System  
Riser Vetco HMF-Classs H 21in OD riser; 90 ft long joints with C&K and booster and hydraulic supply lines  
Riser
Tensioners		 6 x Hydralift Inline, 50f t stroke, 800 kips each  
Guideline
Tensioners		 N/A  
Podline
Tensioners		 N/A  
Choke & Kill Stewart & Stevenson 3-1/16in, 15K, with 2 x adjustable chokes and 2 x hydraulic power chokes  
Cementing Halliburton (third party equipment)  

Machinery

Main Power 6 x Wartsila 18V32 rated 9775 hp each, driving 6 x ABB AMG 0900xU10 7000 kW 11,000 volts AC generators  
Emergency Power 1 x Caterpillar 3408 DITA driving 1 x Caterpillar SR4 370 kW 480 volts AC generator  
Power Distribution 8 x ABB Sami-Megastar Thruster Drives, 5.5 MW and 6 x GE Drilling Drive Lineups 600 V 12 MW  
Deck Cranes 2 x Liebherr, 150 ft boom, 80 mt @ 35 ft  
Thrusters 8 x Kamewa rated 7375 hp each, fixed propeller, full 360 deg azimuth  
Propulsion See Thrusters  

Mooring Equipment

Winches N/A  
Wire/Chain N/A  
Anchors N/A