Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its fourth XLE jackup rig, the Maersk Invincible, from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea. Maersk Invincible will now mobilize to the North Sea and will commence a 5-year firm contract with Aker BP for plug and abandonment work on the Valhall field in Q2 2017.
Maersk Invincible is the fourth and final rig in a series of four ultra-harsh environment jackup rigs to enter Maersk Drilling’s fleet. The first three jack-up rigs have been delivered from the Keppel FELS shipyard.
With a leg length of 206.8m (678 ft.) the XLE jackup rigs are designed for year-round operation in the North Sea, in water depths up to 150m (492ft).
Capable of dual pipe handling, one string can be working in the wellbore, while a second string of e.g. casing, drillpipe or bottom hole assembly can be assembled/disassembled and stored in the set-back area, ready for subsequent transfer for use in the wellbore, thus reducing the non-productive time. The drill floor also features Multi Machine Control - a fully remote operated pipe handling system allowing all standard operations such as stand building and tripping to be conducted without personnel on the drill floor.
Image: Maersk Invincible naming ceremony/Maersk Drilling Flickr
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