Diamond Offshore’s semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean GreatWhite is voyaging to the North Sea to work for Siccar Point, leaving Scotland’s Kishorn Port. Kishorn Port revealed it had won a contract to prepare the world’s largest semi-submersible rig for its new contract off Shetland with Siccar Point in December 2018.
Specifically, the port stated that they wish the OGW, its crew and all the Diamond Offshore Drilling team the best.
As the port published in a statement
Wishing the OGW, its crew and all the Diamond Offshore Drilling team all the very best from KPL, the Port staff and all at the Ferguson Transport & Shipping team, a very safe journey and transit to the West of Shetland and best wishes for a very successful drilling operation for Siccar Point Energy.
The Ocean GreatWhite voyaged from Singapore, transmitting through Las Palmas in the Canaries, assisted by the Alp Defender, a large ocean-going offshore supply vessel. It arrived at the port in mid-January 2019.
The contract between the rig and the Siccar Point began in early March and is set to be completed in the mid-July, 2019.
The contract consists of three firm wells and three option wells.
In addition, the Ocean GreatWhite belongs to Diamond Offshore, and weighs 60,800 tonnes and is a 6th generation harsh environment drilling rig capable of drilling down to 10,000m in 3,000m of water.
