Business - Offshore Drilling Services

Great Offshore provides charter hire of drilling services with our three offshore drilling units, Kedarnath, Amarnath and Badrinath. These assets are operated by a team of dedicated and experienced personnel with excellent safety and maintenance record.

‘Great Offshore Limited’ owns the only Drill Barge available in India. ‘Badrinath’ is capable of drilling upto 600 ft. of water depth. ‘Badrinath’ (previously named “GETTYSBURG”) has been providing drilling services for Oil & Natural Gas Corporation since 1976 and has earned a reputation for safe & efficient operations while delivering economically a very high performance. ‘Badrinath’ has successfully drilled over 100 wells in India in both West Coast & East Coast of India and had the privilege of drilling some of the most challenging & prestigious exploratory wells.

‘Kedarnath’ – is an independent leg Jack up rig, built by Marathon Le Tourneau, in Brownsville,Texas. She has been one of the few Rigs operating on Indian Coast for the past two decades. The Rig has provided services to ONGC, Hardy Exploration and Production (India) INC., Mosbacher Indian LLC and Cairn Energy India Pty. Ltd., with the highest standards of safety & efficiency. Kedarnath has also drilled four prestigious and successful wells for ONGC Videsh in Iran.

Rig ‘Amarnath’ (Ex-Ensco 50) is a Friede & Goldman, L 780 Mod II design independent leg cantilevered jack-up rig, built by Daewoo Shipbuilding, Korea in the year 1982. This rig was acquired by Great Offshore in the year 2010. She is capable of operating in 300 feet of water with a drilling depth of up to 25,000 feet.

Amarnath (Ex-Ensco 50) has serviced major national and international oil companies like ONGC, British Gas, ChevronTexaco, BP etc. in the past. Amarnath has an excellent Safety and maintenance record.