A naming ceremony was held at the COSCO Shipyard Group's Qidong Shipyard on June 28 to celebrate the completion of the 'Sevan Driller'.
Jörg Beiler, the Vice President and Regional Manager of DNV China, which classed the vessel, said that the completion of the 'Sevan Driller' was a milestone for the COSCO Shipyard Group.
The 'Sevan Driller' is the world's first of its kind to be class by DNV. It comes with the most advanced deep-water drilling capabilities that allow it to drill wells of up to almost 13,500 metres in water depths of up to nearly 4,200 metres and an internal storage capacity of up to 150,000 barrels of oil.
The owner is Sevan Marine. The construction of this rig started at COSCO Nantong Shipyard in May 2007 and was relocated to COSCO's Qidong Shipyard in April for derrick erection and final commissioning activities. The rig is due for delivery in the third quarter of this year and will be deployed by Petrobras in the Santos Basin, off the Brazilian coastline.
Both DNV Vice President and Regional Manager Jörg Beiler and DNV's project manager Kevin Church were present at the ceremony together with COSCO's President and CEO Captain Wei Jiafu and Arne Smedal, Sevan Marine's Chairman of the Board. Sevan Driller was named by the godmother Madam Feng Jiping, wife of Cosco Group President Captain Wei Jiafu.
