RE:RE:RE:Rig Component Failure/ReplacementOk This morning I went to the Stocktwits board to find out more about this supposed top drive replacement. Shedrills said that they replaced the top drive, it took 2 weeks and they got the new top drive from a Maersk rig nearby. She didn't say which rig. Maybe from the Maersk Developer offshore Suriname.
She is basing this on photos she found scouring the internet posted, according to her, by an unknown roughneck who took photos. That's her source.
She is claiming that the top drive replacement is the reason for the time delays.
A lot of people are believing what she says. OK, that's where were at. Note that the Discoverer's top drive is an NOV HPS-1000 rated for 2.5 million pounds and 7500 psi. So why would you need to replace an entire top drive when you could easily replace any of it's failed components?