Business - Offshore Drilling Services

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

Kedarnath is an independent leg jack-up rig, built by Marathon LeTourneau in Brownsville, Texas. She is capable of operating in 300 feet of water with a drilling depth of up to 20,000 feet. She has drilled several exploratory wells, the deepest of which was 4,234 meters in the Mumbai High oil field. The average down time of the rig in the last seven years is less than 0.5%. With her experienced crew and strict compliance with the company’s QHSE policy, Kedarnath has serviced major national and international oil companies like ONGC, Hardy Exploration & Production, Mosbacher and Cairn Energy. At present Kedarnath is involved in a prestigious project with ONGC Videsh Ltd., a subsidiary of ONGC.

Badrinath is a drilling barge built by FELS in Singapore. She can operate in up to 600 feet of water with a drilling depth of up to 20,000 feet. Badrinath has drilled several exploratory wells on both the East and West coasts of India. The deepest well drilled by Badrinath was 4,991 meters. On one occasion, Bsadrinath drilled 2,900 meters in one month – one of the highest figures amongst all the rigs operating for ONGC. She has also drilled a horizontal section of 1,400 meters – one of the longest ever drilled by any rig in India. Badrinath has also undertaken re-entry and activation of wells on the East coast of India.