Siemens receives order for semisubmersible power packages

Siemens has received an order for the supply of two complete power packages for Statoil’s two new semi-submersible drilling units. The purchaser is Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd (DSME), one of the world’s largest shipbuilders headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The end customer is Songa Rig AS, the Norwegian branch of the drilling contractor Songa Offshore SE. The rigs will start their assignments for the operator Statoil in mid-water operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in 2014.

These new drilling units for Songa Rig are specially designed for production and development drilling in fields with water depths between 100 and 500 m, and are capable of drilling to depths of 8500 m below the sea floor. Scope of supply for these semi-submersible units consists of electric generators, medium- and low-voltage switchgear and MCC (motor control centre), distribution transformers as well as complete drilling drive line-up with cooling and braking resistor skids, thruster drives and motors and uninterruptible power systems. The system will be designed according to the latest rules and regulations for operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Siemens also received orders for power solutions with a similar scope for a total of six drilling ships from DSME in the spring of 2011.

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