Monday, January 09, 2006

DIVERS IN ACTION

Yesterday we had some divers working under water to check the rig's pontoon.
Crudediggers captured the suspension and diving procedures below:
Have fun.


Will be going off today.
See you guys in a later hitch.

Digger Geologist in Charge.

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Scarabeo-3 Details

Today, I feel I should give details of my present rig and its location.
I have been able to do this with the help of Rigzone/ RigLogix. Hope the information helps. Enjoy.
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Rig Name: Scarabeo-3
Rig Manager: Saipem
Rig Owner: Saipem
Competitive Rig: Yes

Rig Type: Semisub
Semisub Generation: 2
Classification: ABS
Rig Design: Friede & Goldman
Built By: Blohm & Voss at the Hamburg West Germany shipyard
Delivery Year: 1975

Flag: Italy
Derrick: Lee C Moore 160' x 46' x 40';
Capacity: 1,000,000 lbs
Drawworks: National Oilwell DE-1625 3,000 HP
Mud Pumps: 3 x National Oilwell 12-P-160 triplex, 1600 HP
Top Drive: Varco TDS 3H

Rotary Table:
Rated Water Depth: 1,475 ft
Drilling Depth: 30,000 ft

Operating Status: Drilling
Operator: Addax
Region: Africa - West
Country: Nigeria
Current Water Depth: 447 ft

Source: RigLogix

Digger Geologist in Charge

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Welcome to 2006

Below are some catchy pictures of how the Scrarabeo-3 rig community welcome the new year 2006.




























Well folks, it has been a wonderful time of great photo show since the xmas eve till now. I sure hope you enjoyed yourselves and 'Crude Diggers' has been able to put some crispy smiles to those lovely faces.
From here, we'll be doing some series on life on board the rigs, safety, rig workers etc. If you have any contribution on these topics please feel free to post them and you can be rest assured, they'll be published officially to our teaming visitors.
Many thanks and a happy new year.

Digger Geologist in Charge

Monday, January 02, 2006

Last Moment with 2005

Night of the last day of 2005 was quite memorable here on board Scarabeo-3. First we brought to an end a very stubborn section (12 1/4") of the well we're drilling, second the rig made the year without LTI (accident), 388 days in all and finally the joy of making it thru 2005 in one piece and hope for a more promising new year. There was end of year christian fellowship (off duty personnel) for thanksgiving and prayers as well as general merry making to usher in the new year. Crude Digger picked some of the golden moments of that night as shown below. Happy New Year.

We sang and thanked God and made merry to usher in the new year.

Watch out for the New Year (bash) pictures, keep visiting !!!