Modular rigs
Archer has built its first modular, mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU), the ‘Archer Emerald,” to service the platform drilling industry more efficiently and cost-effectively than most fixed drilling facilities.
Designed by engineers with a deep practical knowledge and experience of offshore drilling, the Emerald is a breakthrough in its category; an innovative, modular, state-of-the-art design that offers operational flexibility and cost efficiency unrivalled by any other mobile offshore drilling units in the market.
Emerald is a super-single rack and pinion rig, combining the very latest in drilling technologies in a lightweight, compact, modular package. Designed to operate stand-alone, it can be rigged up rapidly on the majority of offshore installations to provide complete life-cycle drilling and workover services from initial well delivery right through to decommissioning.
As industry costs continue to rise, Archer Emerald is an attractive alternative to expensive, fixed drilling facilities. It negates the need for costly upgrades or re-activation and there are no heavy maintenance and recertification costs during the production period.
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