Cabot Desert Mobile 1500 — 1,500 HP drilling rig for sale or lease
The deepest-rated unit in the fleet. A 1,500-HP drawworks, twin 1,300-HP National pumps and a 1,676-bbl active system behind four CAT C3512 gensets, with a hydraulic slingshot substructure and a fully trailerised camp for rapid desert deployment.


Full specification
| Reference | RIG-4 |
| Make and model | Cabot Desert Mobile 1500 |
| Drawworks | Cabot Franks 2550 HL |
| Rating | 1,500 HP |
| Hook load | 715,000 lb |
| Depth capacity | 14,500 ft |
| Mast | 127 ft · 4-leg triple |
| Mud pumps | 2 × National 10P-130 · 1,300 HP |
| Power | 4 × CAT C3512 · 5,920 HP installed |
| Rotary / swivel | National C-275 · 27-1/2 in |
| BOP stack | 13-5/8 in × 5,000 psi |
| Drive system | SCR electric |
| Mounting | Desert mobile |
| Configuration | Drilling |
| H₂S service | Available on request |
| Rig camp | Available on request |
| Top drive | Available on request |
| Build and refurbishment | 1986 / refurbished 2005 |
| Location | Hamriyah Free Zone, Sharjah |
| Availability | Available — Sale or lease |
Buy or lease this rig
RIG-4 is available to purchase outright or to take on a day rate, with crew and camp optional. Every unit is maintained under an API 4F Category IV inspection programme by Arabian Drilling & Logistics FZE, ISO 9001:2015 certified and an IADC member since 1988.
What you receive with an enquiry
The technical data pack: full equipment list, inspection and certification records, mast and substructure certificates, BOP test records, photographs and the delivered price to your location.
Prepare the engineering documents
The RIGSDOM engineering suite prepares a drilling programme, well design, casing and BHA design, mud and cementing programme, rig move plan or HSE pack against this unit, written to API standard and issued as a watermarked PDF.
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