Rolls-Royce game changer for Island Offshore

The 168.8m UT 777, which has been designed in close cooperation with Island Offshore, will be built in Japan by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and is scheduled for delivery in 2017. It will be used by the operator for offshore drilling operations in harsh weather conditions.

“The UT 777 will be unlike anything seen before and marks the latest chapter in the story of the Rolls-Royce UT Design vessels which have been pioneering oil and gas exploration for the past 40 years,” said John Knudsen, president, Rolls-Royce Offshore.

He pointed out that this new design is based on many years of operating experience, especially from the vessel Island Wellserver which Rolls-Royce designed in 2005.

Island Offshore’s new tailor-made unit includes a module handling tower and high level of operability help to extend the number of days at sea the vessel can continue to work under the harsh conditions in the North Sea and further north.

In addition to the design and engineering package, Rolls-Royce will also supply the major systems comprising the propulsion system with six generator sets and seven electrically run thrusters, control and automation systems, mooring and anchoring deck machinery and electric systems.