| Rig | ARAB Drill 30 | |
| Type: | Jackup | |
| Country: | Saudi Arabia | |
| Vessel | Design | KFELS Mod V ‘B’ Class Design |
| Specifications | Service date | 2006 |
| Classification | American Bureau of Shipping – A1 Self elevating drilling unit | |
| Port of Registry/Flag | Dammam | |
| Length | 234 ft | |
| Width | 208 ft | |
| Depth of hull | 25 ft | |
| Cantilever reach | 70 ft aft x 30 ft transverse with 1395 kips load capacity at 70 ft aft | |
| Transversal skid | 15 ft transverse Port and 15 ft transverse Starboard | |
| Lightship draft | 11.25ft @ 23,985kips (10.882 tonnes) | |
| Transit draft with full deck load | 16ft @ 34,386kips (15,597 tonnes) | |
| Variable load- transit/jacking/operat. | 5070 / 18911 / 7600 kips | |
| Crew quarters | 110 persons | |
| Major upgrade | Built in 2006 @ KEPPL FELS Shipyard, Singapore | |
| Rated drilling depth | 30000 ft | |
| Operating water depth (min-max) | 55 ft – 300 ft | |
| Tugs required to move | 160 tons BP | |
| Helideck | 73 ft diameter designed for Sikorsky S61-N and S 92 helicopters & in accordance with UK CAP 437 rules and regulations | |
| Jacking | Type jacking system | OTD1000FV Model elevating system |
| Systems | Pinions | 36 |
| Pinion rating – Normal Jacking | 1000 kips/pinion for 450 hours life | |
| Pinion rating – Preload Holding | 1869 kips/pinion w/o damage | |
| Leg length | 430 ft | |
| Sea floor interface (each leg) | 1643 Sq Ft. Diameter 47.20 Ft. | |
| Environmental capability | Operating | |
| Wind : 70 Knots | ||
| Waves: 54 ft at 14 sec. | ||
| Current: 1.0 Knots | ||
| Survival | ||
| Wind : 100 Knots | ||
| Waves: 56 ft at 14 sec. | ||
| Current: 1.2 Knots | ||
| Storage | Solid control mud tanks | |
| Capacities | Trip tank | 37 x 2 bbls |
| Strip tank | 5 bbls | |
| Active Mud Tanks | 3878 bbl | |
| Reserve Mud Tanks | 2600 bbls | |
| Drill Water | 19919 bbl | |
| Potable Water | 2052 bbl | |
| Bulk mud and cement | 11300 cu ft | |
| Sack Material | 5000 sx | |
| Fuel | 2577 bbls | |
| Brine | 837 bbls | |
| Others | Base Oil: 648 bbls, Lube oil: 20 bbl, Dirty oil: 62 bbl, Skimmer: 335 bbl | |
| Rig | Derrick- capacity | 1500 kips (SHL) |
| Equipment | Drawworks | Varco ADS-10T 3000HP AC |
| Auxiliary Brake (Elmagco) | N/A AC brake Varco | |
| Main Power | 5 ea CAT3516B (1855 HP each) | |
| Emergency Power | 1 ea 500 kW | |
| Power Conversion | ||
| VFD System | AC drilling system with VFD for 10 motors, Siemens, Rated Power – 8579 KW, 690V | |
| Mud Pumps | 3 ea Varco (Lewco) VMP-2215, 2200 HP & 7500 psi | |
| Scalping Shale Shakers ( upstream) | 1 x Dual Gumbo box | |
| Linear Motion Shale Shakers | 4 x Thule VSM 300 | |
| Desander + Desilter + Mud cleaner | Bandt Solid control equipment and Mud cleaners is 1 Brandt Hydraclone mud cleaner mounted on a King Cobra shaker | |
| Other solid control eqt | ||
| Mud Mixing equipment | Brndt Agitatoers | |
| Topdrive | Varco TDS-8SA, 750T with 65,500 ft.lbs continuous torque @ 94 rpm | |
| Rotary Table | Varco RST – 49.5 | |
| Crown Block | Maker: WCI & Size: 14′ x 7′ | |
| Travelling Block Hook | Shaffer Travelling Block , 7 sheaves x 68″ dia | |
| Swivel | ||
| Deck cranes | 3 ea Favco 7.5K/10K with API SWL 12ST @ 120′ / 50ST @ 40’ | |
| Cementing unit | Provided by Client | |
| Drill floor instrumentation | Amphion drilling systems comprising of : | |
| 1 Flex work station (Equipped with 3 Touch screens HMI), Multi-Tool Controller (MTC) Ccabinet, | ||
| RigsenseTM Application – 1 Rigsense Server, System 5 Data Acquisition (V-DAQTM) Module | ||
| Other major drill floor eqpt | Chokmanifold is shaffer 15 K | |
| Communications | GAI-TRONICS “ELEMEC PLUS” PA/GA SYSTEM. WITH MITEL SX-2000 MICRO LIGHT PABX SYSTEM, CONTROL UNIT,300W 48V DC MAIN AND HOT STANDBY AUDIO POWER AMPLIFIERS, TELEPHONE ACCESS PANEL- INSTALLED BY MARSHAL TECHNOLOGY, SINGAPORE. | |
| Drilling line | 1 – 3/4″ Size drilling line, Franklin Offshore Drill line spooler & Hercules deadline anchor | |
| Blowout | Annular BOP | 1 ea 13 – 5/8″ 5K Hydril Annular + 1 ea 21 – 1/4″ 2K Hydril Annular |
| Preventer | Diverter type | Vetco Gray 49.5″ KFDJ Diverter (500 psi) |
| Equipment | Ram Preventers | Cameron 20 – 3/4″ 3K Single Ram BOP |
| Cameron 20 – 3/4″ 3K Double Ram BOP | ||
| Cameron 13 – 5/8″ 10K Single Ram BOP | ||
| Cameron 13 – 5/8″ 10K Double Ram BOP | ||
| BOP Handling Eqpt | 2 x J D Neuhaus BOP Hoists | |
| Choke Manifold | Shaffer 15M Choke Manifold unit | |
| BOP Control System | Shaffer 3000 psi WP BOP Control HPU, 28 bottles | |
| Diverter Control System | Shaffer Diverter Control panel with 7 ea additional bottles | |
| Well Services | Logging unit | Slb unit |
| Equipment | Coil tubing unit | not there but usually slb or Haliburton |
| Gravel Packing / Filtration equipment | N/A | |
| Other Integrated services equipment | N/A | |
| Cement unit | Slb unit can pump up to 10K psi | |
| Safety | Lifeboats | 4 x Norsafe JYN74F Model (55 men each Totally enclosed lifeboats) |
| Liferafts | 6 x W H Brennan liferafts | |
| H2S safety systems | Cascade system installed by Total Safety covering muster points, rig floor, mud processing area, mud pits, mud mixing area, engine rooms, cranes etc & Scott 30 min packs | |
| Equipment | Fire detection | Thorn (U.K) MX T2000 Digital Protocol Addressable 4 Loop Fire Detection Control panel, |
| 230VAC/1ph/60Hz;24Vdc 5A including Call Point-THORN CP820M, THORN CP830M,THORN CP840M, | ||
| Heat Detector -811H MX, 801H Ex; Optical Smoke & Heat Detector – 811PH MX;Tripple IR Flame | ||
| Detecto-S271f+MXr. INSTALLED BY MARSHAL TECHNOLOGY, SINGAPORE | ||
| Combustible Gas detection | Sieger Gas System, S 57-Total 20 Channel Control, 230VAC/1ph/60Hz;24Vdc 5A Including 4 channel | |
| Catalytic input Card(0-100% LEL). | ||
| Gas Seneor Part Number 2106B1200 (LEL Transmitter 0-100% LEL) Catalytic Output. | ||
| H2S Detection | Sieger Gas System, S 57-Total 20 Channel Control, 230VAC/1ph/60Hz;24Vdc 5A Including | |
| 4 channel 4-20mA Catalytic input Card (0-100 PPM). | ||
| Gas Sensor Part Number 2106B1402 (H2S Transmitter 0-100 PPM 4-20mA Output) | ||
| Fire fighting | The unit is equipped with a foam system for helideck, refueling and fuel storage areas protection. Two monitors are installed fwd/central and aft/port of the helideck. Two fire stations and two foam hose reels are provided on the platform attached to the aft side of the helideck. An independent pump is provided for the foam and deluge system. This pump can also provide water to the firewater system. | |
| A deluge system is also provided for the drill floor area and underneath the drill floor / BOP area. | ||
| An independent fire pump is provided for general firewater service lines. | ||
| Two drill water pumps from the drill water system can also provide water to the firewater system. | ||
| CO2 protection is provided for protection in areas such as: Emergency Generator House, Galley Cooking | ||
| Area, Main Engine Room, Paint Locker. A ventilation shutdown is integral to the system upon activation | ||
| of the CO2 system. More than sufficient types of fire extinguishers have been provided. Fire hoses have | ||
| been provided as to pertinent regulations. Two additional firewater monitors have been provided prot aft for | ||
| area coverage for well test manifold area, paint stores, skidding hydraulic unit and engine exhaust piping. | ||

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