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Noble Courage

08/15/2024
F&G ExD Millennium
Currently in Brazil

10,000 ft Water Depth
Available: 2027-Q4

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Design

F&G ExD Millennium

Year Entered Service

2009

Classification

ABS +A1, Column Stabilized Drilling Unit, Circle E, +AMS, +DPS-2

Main Deck

244.2ft (74.42m) Long x 244.2ft (74.42m) Wide

Draft

59ft (17.98m) Operating, 43.5 (13.26) Transit

Displacement

46,700MT Operating, 33,000MT Transit

Variable Deck Load

8,100MT Operating, 5,600MT Transit

Transit Speed

up to 6 knots

Water Depth

10,000ft (3,048m) designed

Drilling Depth

40,000ft (12,192m)

Accommodation

164 people

Helideck

Eurocopter EH-101

CAP 437 and NORMAM 27 compliant

DRILLING EQUIPMENT

Derrick

Aker MH AS Quad 210ft high with 46ft x 52ft base, hook load capacity 2,500 kips

Drawworks

Wirth GH-4500, three AC motors, 3,150hp total output, with 2” drilling line

Compensator

Active/Passive compensator,

1,500 kips capacity with 25 ft stroke

Rotary Table

Wirth RTSS, 60 ½”x 2000kips static

Top Drive

1x Aker MH Vertical Pipe Handler 3 ½” to 14”

Independent offline standbuilding 3 ½” to 14”

Fingerboard Capacity

DP – 13,824 ft up to 5-7/8” OD DP – 26,112 ft up to 6-5/8” OD BHA – 2,362 ft up to 9 ½” OD

CSG – Adjustable fingerboard up to 14” OD

Mud Pumps

4x Wirth TPK AS 2,200hp triplex, 7,500 psi

Shale Shakers

6x Derrick / FLC-503 VE, 1,650 gpm

CRANES

Deck Cranes

2x 100 ton Seatrax S10832 with 170 ft boom

1x 15 ton Maritime Hydraulics knuckle-boom with 3 ½” – 20” pipe gripper

Gantry

1x MH vertical riser handling gantry

X-Mas Tree / BOP

1x MH gantry / 1x MH Gantry

STORAGE CAPACITY

Liquid Mud

18,986 bbls

3,018 m3

Base Oil

4,718 bbls

750 m3

Brine

4,801 bbls

763 m3

Bulk Mud & Cement

34,114 ft3

966 m3

Sack Storage

6,100 sacks

6,100 sacks

Fuel

21,043 bbls

3,345 m3

Drill Water

14,613 bbls

2,323 m3

Potable Water

10,676 bbls

1,697 m3

SUBSEA EQUIPMENT

Diverter

Vetco KFDS-CSO 60-1/2” Max Bore Size 20"

Working Pressure 500 psi

BOP Stack

Cameron TL 18 ¾” 15,000psi six-ram preventer 2x Cameron DL 18 ¾” 10,000psi annular preventers APIS53 compliant

2x BSR 5k bonnets w/ shearing capability to

85.3ppf 10-¾” casing

C&K Manifold

3 1/16”, 15,000 psi

Marine Riser

Cameron 21” Load King

75ft per joint, 4 ½” C&K lines

Vertical riser storage bay for 99 joints (7,425 ft)

Tensioners

6x 600 kips AKER MH AS

Direct Acting Tensioner System

Each capacity 416.5 sT with 50 ft stroke

Moonpool

135.6ft x 29.5ft (41.3m x 9m)

1x X-Mas Tree Trolley with 150 mT capacity

POWER GENERATION

Main Power

8x ABB / AMG 0710Lt08 LSE

rated 4,800 kW / 900 rpm

Emergency Power

Caterpillar 3512 diesel engine rated 1,300 kW @ 1,800 rpm

STATION KEEPING / PROPULSION SYSTEM

Thrusters

8x Rolls Royce Ulstein Aquamaster Total HP per Thrust 3800KW / 60.3 mT

Variable speed, fixed pitch, fully azimuthing

DP System

Kongsberg KPOS-32 / Full DP - DP-2 Enhanced

OTHER INFORMATION

Flare Booms

Deployable and retractable

MPD

Ready (hard piping installed)

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