The NS Carolina is a dynamically positioned, ultra-deepwater mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU). The Drill Ship's main areas of activity will be in the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa and Brazil. The drillship has drilling equipment on deck, with a continuous main deck and bow deck.
Three (3) engine rooms with six (6) diesel engines (7,000 KW X 720 RPM) are arranged at the stern of the hull. The thruster machinery spaces are organized into engine rooms and the FWD hull machinery space, with each space containing motors and controls for 5,500 KW azimuthal thrusters used to dynamically position or propel the drillship.