Seadrill takes delivery of semisub West Aquarius

Seadrill has taken delivery of the new deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig West Aquarius from the DSME shipyard in South Korea.

Jan 16th, 2009

Offshore staff

HOUSTON -- Seadrill has taken delivery of the new deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig West Aquarius from the DSME shipyard in South Korea.

The unit will leave Korean waters in a few days after completing some general mobilization activities, en route to its first drilling assignment in Indonesia. Start-up of operations is expected mid-February. The rig has a four-year contract with ExxonMobil for worldwide exploration activities.

West Aquarius is a sixth generation, high specification, deepwater, semisubmersible drilling unit. It can run parallel drilling operations and is designed with a dynamic positioning system and a water depth capacity up to 3,000 m (9,843 ft).

01/16/2009

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