Seadrill takes delivery of West Hercules

Seadrill took delivery of the deep water drilling rig ‘West Hercules’ from the DSME shipyard in South Korea. West Hercules is a sixth generation, high specification, deepwater, state of the art semi-submersible drilling unit. The rig, which is one of the largest drilling units in the Seadrill fleet, has a high load carrying capacity, an efficient drilling floor layout with improved safety and working environment measures. West Hercules can run parallel drilling operations and is designed with a dynamic positioning system and a water depth capacity up to 3,000 metres.