Atwood Condor

The Atwood Condor is a Friede & Goldman ExD Millennium design ultra deepwater dynamically positioned semisubmersible drilling unit capable of operating in 3,050 meters (10,000 ft.) of water and drilling depths up to 12,200 m (40,000 ft.). The Atwood Condor has accommodations capacity for up to 200 persons, four (4) mud pumps 2,200 HP/7,500 psi, 1,000 ton active heave compensated drawworks and a 1250 ton AC top drive. The BOP is rated to 15k psi which includes two (2) annulars and six (6) rams and has upgraded capabilities for sheering and subsea intervention. Atwood Oceanics, Inc. has been awarded a drilling services contract by Shell Offshore Inc. for the dynamically positioned, ultra-deepwater semisubmersible rig, the Atwood Condor. With the award of this contract, the firm contractual commitment for the Atwood Condor is expected to extend to November 2016.