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Prospector Offshore Drilling

Offshore.On purpose.

Offshore contract drilling. High-specification jack-ups. A Houston foundation and a North Sea operating record.

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Built for the
North Sea.

Prospector’s story follows the journey from newbuild construction to harsh-environment drilling. In 2013, Prospector 1 arrived at Invergordon after its voyage from Dalian.

Houston · Aberdeen · Invergordon

Jack-up drilling rig Arcticheskaya at sea

Know the envelope.

High-specification jack-up drilling for demanding offshore programmes.

A drilling contract brings a rig, a competent crew and an operating system together around the operator’s well objectives. The interfaces between those elements deserve as much attention as the equipment itself.

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Seadrill West Epsilon jack-up derrick, offshore industry photography

The JU2000E platform brings a nominal 400-foot water-depth capability. Every location still requires its own assessment.

Capability.
With limits.

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Before the first well.

People, equipment and the plan have to be ready together. Read our notes on the decisions that make offshore preparation credible.

Open-water landscape

A rating is not a site assessment

Why water depth is only the beginning of a jack-up location review.

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Water and the working landscape

The handover is part of the operation

Continuity between shifts is a practical barrier against lost information.

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