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Ocean Apex

08/30/2024
Enhanced Victory Class
Currently in Australia

6,000 ft Water Depth
Available: 2025-Q3

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Design

Enhanced Victory Class

Year Entered Service

2014

Classification

ABS, A1 Column Stablised Drilling Unit

Main Deck

361ft (110m) Long x 320ft (97.53m) Wide

Draft

76ft (23.16m) Drilling

28ft (8.5m) – 41.5ft (12.6m) Transit

Displacement

49,855LT Drilling

30,930LT – 37,457LT Transit

Variable Deck Load

7,000LT Drilling, 7000LT Transit

Transit Speed

Up to 3.8 knots

Water Depth

6,000ft (1,829m) designed

2,000ft (610m) - outfitted

Drilling Depth

30,000ft (9,144m)

Accommodation

140 people

Helideck

Sikorsky S-92; CAP 437 compliant

DRILLING EQUIPMENT

Derrick

NOV, 185 ft. high with 40 ft. x 40 ft.

base, load capacity of 2,000 kips

Drawworks

NOV UDBEL 2040, four DC electric motors,

1,000hp each, with 2” drilling line

Compensator

NOV drill string motion compensator, 800

kips compensating capacity, 25 ft. stroke

Rotary Table

NOV RST, 49 ½”

Top Drive

NOV TDX-1000, 1,000T with pipe handler

Tubular Handling

1 x NOV ST-160 Iron Roughneck for tubular range 3 7/8" to 10” and casing range 5” to 22” 1 x ST-120 Iron Roughneck tubular range 3 1/2” to 10” for offline stand building

NOV BR-10-SD-D bridge racker

NOV 8026 Torque Master Bucking Machine

Mud Pumps

4x NOV 14-P 220, 2,200hp each, 7,500 psi

CRANES

Deck Cranes

1x 56 tons Seatrax 6032 with 150ft boom 1x 56 tons Seatrax 7224 with 160ft boom 1x 68 tons Seatrax 9040 with 160ft boom

1x 34.4 tons NOV knuckle-boom crane for riser

and tubular handling

STORAGE CAPACITY

Liquid Mud Storage

6,624 bbls

1,053 m3

Liquid Mud Active

3,187 bbls

507 m3

Base Oil

3,315 bbls

527 m3

Brine

4,563 bbls

725 m3

Bulk Cement

10,219 ft3

289 m3

Bulk Bentonite / Gel

8494 ft3

240 m3

Bulk Barite

8490 ft3

240 m3

Sack Storage

5,000 sacks

5,000 sacks

Fuel

6,986 bbls

1,110 m3

Drill Water

15,457 bbls

2,457 m3

Potable Water

4,089 bbls

651 m3

SUBSEA EQUIPMENT

Diverter

Vetco, KFDS-500, Full Bore, 49-1/2” RT

BOP Stack

Shaffer NXT-M 18-¾” 15,000psi five-ram Shaffer dual 18-¾” 10,000psi annular APIS53 compliant

2x BSR-3K

3x Pipe Rams

C&K Manifold

3 1/16”, 15,000 psi

Marine Riser

Shaffer FT-E, 75 ft. long per joint

Tensioners

8x 200kips dual Rucker wireline riser tensioners

Total capacity 1,600 kips with 50 ft of wire travel

Moonpool

80.7ft x 72ft (24.6m x 22m)

POWER GENERATION

Main Power

5 x Caterpillar C175 Tier II diesel engines rated

2,400hp each with 4,160 VAC generators

Emergency Power

1 x Caterpillar C32 engine rated 720kW

STATION KEEPING / PROPULSION SYSTEM

Mooring System

8x 3 ¼” x 4,200 ft. RQ5 chains 8x 3 ¾” x 6,800 ft. wires

8x 15T Stevpris MK6 anchors

12-point mooring system capable

OTHER INFORMATION

MPD

Ready (hard piping installed)

Flare Booms

2x 92ft long

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