The construction of the “Scarabeo 9” was initiated by Frigstad Discoverer Invest Ltd in 2006, a company founded by the Frigstad group and later acquired by Saipem S.p.A in end of 2007. The “Scarabeo 9” is a rig of the Frigstad D90™ design and will be the most powerful and capable ultra deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig ever constructed, equipped with a dual Ramrig drilling package from Aker Solutions and able to operate in water depths of up to 12,000ft and drilling depths of up to 50,000ft.