Deployment / FH-500
Seafloor Drill
FH-500
The FH-500 is Endurance's remotely operated lander drill, built to bore and case a 500 meter well in hard rock, 3,000 meters underwater, from a single landing.
Its first mission drills the first off-axis exploratory well in Q1 2027, the reservoir type the commercial business is built on. Every Endurance generator stands on a well this machine drills.
2027
Tonga
Specifications
Type
Remotely operated subsea lander drill, full hole
Drilling capability
500 m, 4 inch borehole in hard rock, rated 250 to 350 C at the wellhead
Depth rating
3,000 m water depth
Weight and footprint
Under 20 metric tons in air including the 500 m tool package, under 6 m tall
Power requirement
75 kW on a 3 kV supply, operable from vessels of opportunity
