7th gen DSME 12000 Drillship Info/Jobs.
Date: October 15, 2019, the drillship Sonangol Quenguela is being held by Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency due to docking without permission. The Sonangol Quenguela drillship is operated by Sonadrill, a joint venture established by drilling contractor Seadrill and an affiliate of Angola’s oil company Sonangol.
Vessel Name: Sonangol Quenguela
Owner: Sonadrill
Manager: Seadrill
Rig Type: Drillship
Sub Type: Ultradeep Water
Max Water Depth (ft): 12,000
Max Drill Depth (ft): 40,000
Dimensions (ft): 754.59 x 137.8 x 62.336
Competitive: No
Current Location:
Country: Angola
Region: West Africa
Rig Construction Details:
Rig Design: DSME
Rig Model: e-SMART
Year Built: 2019
Country of Build: South Korea
Yard Name: Okpo Shipyard
Group Yard Name: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME)
Rig Contract Details:
Operating Status: Ready Stacked/Operational After 22.05.2020
Operator: Sonangol EP
The Sonangol drillships, Libongos and Quenguela, both 7th generation high-spec ultra-deepwater drillships, were built at a DSME shipyard in Korea and delivered in the first half of 2019. The naming ceremony for the second drillship, Sonangol Quengela, was held at DSME’s yard in May 2019 and the vessel left the shipyard in June. The first drillship, Sonangol Libongos, was delivered in March 2019.
The Malaysian coast guard, otherwise known as Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), said the Bahamas-registered drillship was detained at 9 PM on October 15, nine nautical miles (16.7 km) east of Tanjung Balau after it had failed to produce any permits for Malaysian waters. The maritime detective Mohd Zulfadli Bin Nayan at the coast guard said that the drillship was controlled by a crew of 43 men, including the captain, from 28 to 57 years old from various countries.
Under Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 Section 491B (1) (l), if found guilty the lack of the required permit could see fines of up to 100,000 ringgits ($24,000) or two years in prison. The MMEA has seized a number of vessels this year for encroaching on its territorial waters. A tanker was detained at the beginning of the month after anchoring off Tanjung Penawar, close to the site where the Quenguela was arrested, without authorisation.
Seadrill and Sonangol entered into a 50:50 joint venture – named Sonadrill – to operate four drillships, focusing on opportunities in Angolan waters in February 2019. It was agreed for each of the joint venture parties to bareboat two drillships into Sonadrill. The JV will have an initial term of five years. Seadrill agreed to contribute two drillships from its existing fleet and Sonangol to contribute two newbuild drillships, Libongos and Quenguela. It was also agreed for Seadrill to manage and operate the four drillships on behalf of Sonadrill. The Sonangol Quenguela drillship was named at DSME’s shipyard in May 2019 and it was expected to leave the yard in June.
On the other hand on Oct 15 2019, Luanda - Angola's Oil company (Sonangol) said it was investigating the accuracy of the detention of the Quenguela drillship by Malaysian authorities for allegedly berthing without authorisation in the territorial waters of that Asian country.
This is expressed in a note released by the Angolan oil company, reached Angop Thursday. The source stated that the company is looking forward to a communication from the official entities or Malaysian authorities and admits having knowledge of the information. Angolan oil company has been in mobilisation stage from the Okpo shipyard, South Korea, until its entry into Angolan territorial waters.
Such mobilisation work, the document goes on, will be done as soon as all the registration and operational documents required for this type of vessel are completed and have a qualified crew in accordance with international standards. Sonangol's Board of Directors pledges to speak on the issue as soon as it gathers more substantial data.
On May 17, 2019, South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine and Engineering (DSME) has this week hosted a naming ceremony for the Sonangol Quengela drillship. Upon delivery, the seventh generation drillship will be operated by Sonadrill, a joint venture recently established by drilling contractor Seadrill, and an affiliate of Sonangol E.P.
Sonadrill will operate four drillships, two supplied for Seadrill’s fleet, and two – Quengela and Libongos – supplied by Sonangol. The drillships will be focused on opportunities in Angola waters. The Quengela and Libongos drillships were ordered by Sonangol from DSME back in 2013 with delivery originally scheduled for 2016.
However, the Angolan state-owned oil company balked at full payment as its financial situation worsened amid a fall in global oil prices and the drillship were not delivered under the original schedule. The two companies resolved their differences late in 2018 and made plans for delivery of two drillships in early 2019.
On February 6, 2019, Oslo-listed offshore drilling company Seadrill has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with Empresa de Serviços e Sondagens de Angola Ltda, an affiliate of Sonangol E.P. Seadrill said that the new joint venture, Sonadrill, would operate four drillships, focusing on opportunities in Angolan waters. Each of the joint venture parties will bareboat two drillships into Sonadrill.
The Libongos is the first of two Sonangol owned drillships to be bareboat chartered into Sonadrill along with two Seadrill-owned or managed units. Seadrill will manage and operate the four units on behalf of Sonadrill.
Seadrill entered into the joint venture with Sonangol in February 2019. It was agreed for Seadrill to operate for drillships on behalf of Sonadrill, focusing on opportunities in Angolan waters. It was also agreed that each of the JV parties would bareboat two drillships into Sonadrill.
The Seadrill drillships are from its existing owned or managed fleet. The Sonangol drillships,
Libongos and Quenguela, both 7th generation high-spec ultra-deepwater drillships, were built at a DSME shipyard in Korea and delivered in the first half of 2019. The first drillship, Sonangol Libongos, was delivered in March 2019. The naming ceremony for the second drillship, Sonangol Quengela, was held at DSME’s yard in May 2019 and the vessel left the shipyard in June.
The drillship was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering (DSME) to meet the objectives of the Angola’s oil exploration programme that aims to guarantee new discoveries and consolidate the country’s reserves for the future. The new vessel, which will initially employ about 1,200 workers, both domestic and foreign, has deep-sea, ultra-deepwater and pre-salt operating capacity and will be available to carry out work at national and international level.
On May 18, 2019, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has delivered,
Sonangol Libongos, the first of two drillships in a series ordered by Angolan state-owned oil company Sonangol. Sonangol Libondos is a DSME e-SMART ultra-deepwater drillship capable of operating in deep, ultra-deep, and pre-salt waters.
Sonadrill was established in February 2019 as a joint venture between offshore oilfield services provider Seadrill and state-owned Sonangol.
Seadrill has been doing business in Angola for a many years. Currently, Seadrill have only one rig over here, the West Gemini, which is working for Eni on a contract that will end in July 2019. After this, the West Gemini will go to Las Palmas to get all its equipment recertified and complete some upgrades. It will come back to Angola in October, when a new long-term Sonadrill contract will begin.
Besides the West Gemini, Seadrill will be contributing towards the Sonadrill joint venture with another drillship, and it still has to be decided which one. In addition to these two Seadrill drillships, Sonadrill will have two brand new drillships through Sonangol, who is partner in the joint venture. Sonangol was looking for an operator that could manage its drillships, a company with local knowledge and extensive deepwater expertise. Seadrill chose Sonangol and that is how Sonadrill was created.
These two drillships will be mobilised from South Korea to Walvis Bay (in Namibia) where they will get their last fittings to then move on to Angola. As of May, it was in Singapore, waiting for the final details of the contract so that it can be sent to Angola. On May 17, the second drillship, Quenguela, was delivered.
Both rigs are absolutely state of the art. They feature blowout preventers with all the bells and
whistles. If you look at all the drillships that have been built with NOV [National Oilwell Varco] equipment, you can clearly see there’s been some great improvements. It’s easier for people to work on those rigs and it makes them more efficient. These two rigs are the latest generation, with all the current upgrades to operate more efficiently for the client.
The way they are outfitted is going to be a pleasure for the people working on them, and it will be a pleasure for the clients as well. It is going to be the first time that such rigs are used in Angola. In Angola opportunities are massive for this company. These four rigs in the JV have competition from rigs currently operating in Angola, but the future looks bright. Even in this JV, co. might add more rigs to it.
It’s still a buyer’s market, so you need to be very competitive, have the best operational performance and the best equipment and Sonadrill has all three. Offshore Angola is one of the most significant deepwater markets in the world and to bring four modern, high-spec drillships into the market at this time when we are starting to see increased activity is ideal for Sonadrill. The future is looking bright.
There is huge potential to bring back a very substantial number of workers. It’s beneficial for us as a company because they know Seadrill and they will operate similar rigs with our training requirements. It’s easier to have a good candidate who worked with us before. If you get them back, it’s easier to operate these rigs than with somebody you don’t know and you have never worked with.
Local development is good for the economy, the country and the companies. A focus on management skills is something we are going to be working on. It’s so beneficial. Quite often, you put people in a position where they are promoted based on technical skills, but you need to have leadership skills as well. You reach a certain level when it’s not only technical skills needed, but management skills. They fail somewhere and we fire them because they made a mistake. If we spend a little bit of time developing the leadership skills, the benefit would be exponential. It’s amazing how much you can get from that.
Vessel Name: Sonangol Quenguela
Owner: Sonadrill
Rig manager: Seadrill
Type: Drillship
Design category: Drillship 7th gen
Full design name: DSME 12000
IMO: 9730555
Class: ABS
Constructed at: DSME
Year in SVC: 2019
Latest upgrade: ----
Competitive: Yes
SPS due date: ----
Main features:
Water depth (ft): 12000
Design water depth: 12000
Drilling depth: 40,000
Oper. area: International
Harsh envnmt: No
Winterized: No
High spec: Yes
Accomm.: ----
VDL (MT): ----
LDT: ----
Draft: ----
Drilling equipment:
Hook load (kips): 2500
#Of derricks: Dual activity
Offline stand build: No
HPHT: No
MPD: No
BOP max psi: 15
# of BOPs: 1
Station keeping:
DP: DP3
Moored: No
Thruster Assist: No
Contract status:
Status: Warm/Hot Stacked/Drilling after 22.05.2020
Operator: Sonangol
Country: Angola
Region: West Africa
Day rate: ----
Next available: 23.05.2025
Available until: ----
Backlog: ----
Value: Value ($m): 238-263
Contract detail:
Country: Angola
Day rate: ----
Start date: 22.05.2020
End date: 22.05.2025
Operator: Sonangol
Location: ----
Number of wells: ----
Variable rate: No
Water depth: ----
Work type: Development Drilling
Duration (days): 1 827
Comment: ----
Vessel Name: Sonangol Quenguela
Vessel Type: Drillship
IMO: 9730555
MMSI: 311000242
Call Sign: C6BE7
Flag: Bahamas [BS]
Home port: Nassau
Gross Tonnage: 65000
Deadweight: 61411 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 238m × 42m
Year Built: 2019
Status: Active
• Voyage Info:
NA WALVIS BAY ANCH: ATD: 2020-09-05 08:30 LT (UTC +1)---------->---------->---------->NA WALVIS BAY ANCH: ATA: 2020-09-20 09:38 LT (UTC +2)
Reported Destination: WALVIS BAY
Draught: 9 m
Speed recorded (Max/Average): 5.8 knots / 5.6 knots
Reported Destination and ETA Received 2021-01-04 15:24 UTC
Position:
Position Received: 2021-01-04 15:39 UTC 4 minutes ago
Vessel's Local Time: 2021-01-04 17:39 LT (UTC +2)
Area: WAFR - West Africa
Current Port: WALVIS BAY ANCH
Latitude / Longitude: -22.82801° / 14.50809°
Status: At Anchor
Speed/Course: 0 kn / 138 °
AIS Source: 3240 V51H
Weather:
Wind: 5 knots
Wind direction: W (286°)
Air Temperature: 18°C
The vessel is currently at port WALVIS BAY ANCH, NA after a voyage of 10 months, 11 days originating from port OKPO, KR.
SONANGOL QUENGUELA (IMO: 9730555) is a Drill Ship that was built in 2019 (1 year ago) and is sailing under the flag of Bahamas.
It’s carrying capacity is 61411 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 14.8 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 238.4 meters and her width is 42 meters.
Ex Names History: ----
