Eirik Raude

Eirik Raude was completed in 2002 as a fifth-generation semi-submersible drilling unit built to the Bingo 9000 design. The hull was constructed at the Dalian New Shipyard in China, with outfitting in the US by Friede Goldman Offshore and in Canada by Irving Shipyard of Halifax.

This rig is designed to carry out drilling operations in water depths down to 10 000 feet. Eirik Raude remains stable in harsh weather conditions owing to its superior motion characteristics and advanced dynamic positioning systems.

The rig is fully winterised for year-round operations in extreme weather areas such as offshore Canada (Nova Scotia and Newfoundland) and offshore northern Norway (Barents Sea). Eirik Raude is recently upgraded with an 8-point mooring system.