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The LOC 400 is equipped with a fully automated pipe handler, which enables highly efficient handling of both casing and DP. When the pipe handler has upended the tubulars, they are taken over by elevators in the rig. A top drive is utilized to spin the tubulars in and to torque-up the connections.
Fully automated power slips are integrated within the rotary table. The LOC400 is capable of tripping DP at 1700 ft/hr, which makes the LOC400 as efficient as existing conventional DP drilling rigs and more efficient than other specially designed CWD rigs.

The DP drilling and CWD processes (including pipe and casing handling) are fully controlled from the control room without personnel on the drill floor. As DP handling is identical to casing handling and uses the same equipment, the same team can carry out both tasks. While a conventional pipe-drilling rig needs a crew of 10, the efficient design of the LOC400 means it requires only a five-man crew for full and safe operation.
	Offline BOP testing and BHA handling To further reduce non-productive time due to flat-time activities, the BOPs are pressure tested offline on a dedicated test stump, which also serves as a mouse hole. The control hoses do not have to be disconnected after testing to move the BOP onto the wellhead.
Only the wellhead has to be tested in the critical path of rig operation. In addition, the bottom-hole assemblies (BHA) can be assembled and taken apart offline using the LOC400's crown-mounted service crane as a stand builder. An area for storage of up to eight stands of BHA is available. A new BHA is ready when the previous one is pulled out.

The LOC 250, Land and Offshore Containerized 250t rig, was introduced in the market in 2005. The LOC 250 is designed to take advantage of today's emerging Casing While Drilling technology to reduce the costs as well as the environmental impact of drilling a well. The demand for faster operation and deeper wells triggered the development of the successor of the LOC 250: the LOC 400.
The LOC400 is an easy-to-transport drilling rig that offers customers the option to combine conventional DP drilling with the advantages of emerging CWD processes. In addition, the rig includes several innovative design features that facilitate more-effective and cost-efficient drilling all over the world, and will help to realize a step-change improvement in exploration and production business performance.