Semi-3rd gen F&G 9500 Enhanced Pacesetter Info/Jobs.
The Russian natural gas company has more than 30 offshore licenses, most of them in Arctic waters. Nan Hai 8, the 15,469 deadweight ton installation is owned by China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL). It can operate on water depths down to 1,400 meters. The drilling depths can be 7,600 meters. The rig has on previously occasions been on drilling assignments in the Russian far east.
Rig Name: Nan Hai Ba Hao (Nan Hai VIII)
Owner: China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL)
Manager: China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL)
Rig Type: Semisub
Sub Type: Deepwater Floater
Max Water Depth (ft): 5,300
Max Drill Depth (ft): 25,000
Dimensions (ft): 270 x 200 x 116
Leg Length (ft): ----
Competitive Yes
Current Location:
Country: Russia
Region: Russia (North)
Drilling Equipment:
Drawworks Type: National Oilwell Varco 1625 DE
Drawworks HP: 3,000
Mud Pumps Type: National Oilwell Varco 12-P-160 Triplex
Top Drive: National Oilwell Varco TDS-4S
Hookload Capacity (lbs): 1,392,000
Rig Construction Details:
Rig Design: Friede & Goldman
Rig Model: Series 9500 Enhanced Pacesetter
Year Built: 1983
Country of Build: South Korea
Yard Name: Okpo Shipyard
Group Yard Name: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME)
Rig Contract Details:
Operating Status: Operational
Operator: Gazprom
June 29, 2020: On 17th June one of the world’s biggest heavy loads vessel sailed into the Kola Bay with two rigs on board. A week later, the “Xin Guang Hua” left the Russian Arctic city, and by the 29th June it was located off the coast of Norway’s Lofoten islands with course or the Netherlands, ship traffic data show.
It has become a familiar sight for locals in Murmansk that Chinese drilling vessels arrive in town as soon as the sea-ice melts and vanishes in Russian Arctic waters. In 2017, it was drilling rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao”, also referred to as the “Nanhai-VIII”, that arrived in town before it set course for the Kara Sea. Since then, the rig has been in the Russian far northern waters every summer.
This year, for the first time, two Chinese rigs were put on the water in the Kola Bay. It is believed that the “Nan Hai Ba Hao” is one of them. According to news agency EA Daily, the name of the second is “Nan Hai Jiu Hao” is also known as the “Nanhai-IX”, Both rigs are owned and operated by the China Oilfield Services (COSL). They are believed to drill in one or several of the Arctic licenses areas of Gazprom.
Since it first time arrived in the Kara Sea, the “Nan Hai Ba Hao” has drilled at the Leningradskoye and Skuratovskoye, two areas located off the western coast of the Yamal Peninsula.
According to information from the Northern Sea Route Administration (NSRA), the Russian office that manages shipping in the region, the rigs are allowed into the southwestern part of the Kara Sea in the period between 1st July and 15th November. A precondition is that the waters in the drill area are ice-free, the permission issued to the Chinese company reads.
Judging from information from the NSRA, as well as Marine Traffic, the Norwegian vessel “Magne Viking” might be among the ones now towing the Chinese rigs towards the Kara Sea. Also the “Normand Supra”, a Norwegian offshore supply ship, is now in Murmansk, information from the ship tracker service shows. In 2019, a fleet of several Norwegian offshore supply ships accompanied the rigs in the Kara Sea.
The two Chinese rigs will not be only two drilling installations that this year explores hydrocarbons in the Kara Sea. Also the Russian rig “Arkticheskaya” is likely to operate in the area. In addition, the “Amazon” is believed to towed into the shallow waters of the Ob Bay where it will follow up drilling from 2018 and 2019.
The «Nan Hai Ba Hao» was not the only rig that drilled in Russia’s Kara Sea in 2018. Also the rigs «Arcticheskaya» and the «Amazon» were active in the Nyarmeysky and Severo-Obskoye license areas respectively. The rigs are owned by Gazprom Flot, a subsidiary unit of Gazprom.
According to the company, the drilling at the Nyarmeysky revealed a total of 120,8 billion cubic meters. The Severo-Obskoye structure holds more than 300 billion cubic meters, license holder Novatek informs. The discoveries offshore in the Kara Sea come as
both Gazprom and Novatek are in the process of making unprecedented field developments in the nearby Yamal Peninsula.Gazprom operates the Bovanenkovo field and will in year 2023 launch production at the Kharasavey. Novatek is operator of the Yamal LNG project and is in the process of developing the Arctic LNG 2 project. The resources of offshore structures like the Severo-Obskoye can potentially be included in the company’s major investments in liquified natural gas in the Arctic.
Vessel Name: Nanhai 8
Owner: COSL
Rig manager: COSL
Type: Semisubmersible Rig
Design category: Semi-3rd gen
Full design name: F&G 9500 Enhanced Pacesetter
IMO: 8752001
Class: ABS
Constructed at: Dalian - DSIC
Year in SVC: 1983
Latest upgrade: ----
Competitive: Yes
SPS due date: 09.05.2021
Contract status:
Status: Drilling
Operator: Gazprom
Country: Russia
Region: Russia (North)
Day rate: ----
Next available: 11.11.2020
Available until: ----
Backlog: ----
Value: Value ($m): ----
Contract detail:
Country: Russia (North)
Day rate: ----
Start date: 10.07.2020
End date: 10.11.2020
Operator: Gazprom
Location: Kara Sea
Number of wells: ----
Variable rate: Yes
Water depth: ----
Work type: Development Drilling
Duration (days): 123
Comment: Summer drilling campaign in the Kara Sea alongs...
Name: NAN HAI BA HAO
IMO: 8752001
Vessel Type - Semisubmersible Rig
MMSI: ----
Call Sign: BYJK
Flag: China [CN];
Gross Tonnage: 12647
Summer DWT: 15469 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 82.3 x 60.49 m
Year Built: 1983
Home Port: ----
Status: Active
Voyage Information:
CN SZX (SHENZHEN) [ATD: 2018-04-14 08:44 LT (UTC +8)]---------->---------->---------->RU MURMANSK ANCH [ATA: 2018-11-01 10:42 LT (UTC +3)];
Reported ETA: 2020-10-25 17:50 LT (UTC +3)
Reported Destination: MURMANSK
Draught (Reported/Max): 19.8 m / ----
Load Condition: ----
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 6.9 knots / 6.6 knots
Position:
Position Received: 2018-11-04 06:43 UTC
Vessel is Out-of-Range
Area: NCCIS - Barents Sea
Current Port: MURMANSK ANCH
Latitude / Longitude: 21.97356° / 114.0275°
Status: Restricted Manoeuvrability
Speed/Course: 0 kn / 338 °
AIS Source: 2878
Platform NAN HAI BA HAO is currently located at NCCIS - Barents Sea at position 21° 58' 24.816" N, 114° 1' 39" E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2018-11-04 06:43 UTC (1 year, 8 months ago);
The vessel is currently at port MURMANSK ANCH, RU after a voyage of 6 months, 21 days originating from port SHENZHEN, CN.
NAN HAI BA HAO (IMO: 8752001) is a Platform that was built in 1983 (37 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of China.It’s carrying capacity is 15469 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 19.8 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 82.3 meters and her width is 60.49 meters.
EX Name History:
Flag: Vessel Name: Last Reported:
China (CN): NAN0H; 2018-07-28 UTC
Marshall Is (MH): JIM CUNNINGHAM; 2012-10-14 UTC
- : CHARLES DONABEDIAN; 2001-01-01 UTC
