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Milestones in Rig Designs
For more than half a century, we have delivered some of the industry's most innovative jackup designs for long life, reliability and record cost efficiency.
| THE SCORPION | 1955 | The father of modern mobile offshore jackup rig |
| 375-KIP ELEVATING UNIT | 1961 | The industry's jacking standard; over 8000 installed to date |
| 300 CLASS | 1964 | The first jackup capable of handling 300 ft. of water |
| 116-C | 1983 | The original benchmark jackup; destined to be one of the most popular in history |
| GORILLA® | 1983 | The first jackup used in production mode in harsh environments |
| SUPER GORILLA | 1998 | Expanding the Gorilla's capabilities into ultra-harsh applications |
| SUPER GORILLA XL | 1999 | The first jackup capable of handling 550 ft. of water |
| TARZAN CLASS | 2001 | The new standard for ultra-deep drilling to 40,000 ft. in shallower waters |
| TARZAN CLASS | 2006 | Scooter Yeargain drills 30,067 ft. HPHT subsalt well on Blackbeard |
| WORKHORSE® | 2008 | The Rowan Mississippi delivered |
| SUPER 116 | 2011 | The Offshore Courageous named Shell International E&P Jackup Rig of the Year (three years in a row) |
| SUPER 116E | 2012 | The Rowan EXLs deploy industry's first 20k BOP and drill industry record 34,188-ft HPHT well |
| JAGUAR | 2015 | Introduction of the industry's first purpose-built Ultra-HPHT ultra-deepwater jackup |
