Stena awards Samsung $942-million drillship order

May 2, 2008
Stena Drilling Ltd. has awarded Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) a $942-million contract to build a drillship.

Offshore staff

SEOUL, Korea -- Stena Drilling Ltd. has awarded Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) a $942-million contract to build a drillship.

This drillship will be 228 m (656 ft) long, 42 m (138 ft) wide, and 19 m (62 ft) high, and displace 97,000 tons (88,000 metric tons). After 44 months of construction, the drillship is scheduled for delivery to the North Sea in December 2011.

The ship's hull is 4 cm (1.6 in.) thick and designed to enable stable operation through floating ice in the Arctic Ocean. Every facility is warmed.

With a dynamic positioning system, this ship can also maintain its place automatically in severe weather, including waves of up to 16 m (52 ft) and wind speeds of up to 41 m per second (92 mph), says Stena.

05/02/2008