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In the early hours of Monday 8 August 2016, the semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Winner ran aground near Dalmore in the Carloway district of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. [46] The rig had been under tow by the tug Alp Forward in winds of galeforce, when the tow line broke. The rig subsequently drifted ashore at ...
Drill rig operator Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) this morning announced the sale 38 of its shallow-water drilling rigs to a consortium of private equity firms called Shelf Drilling International ...
Transocean (NYS: RIG) can't seem to get out of its own way in the offshore drilling market. At a time when ultra-deepwater drilling rigs are in super-high demand the company may be kicked out of ...
This article is part of our Rising Star Portfolios series. Deepwater oil driller Transocean (NYS: RIG) was the very first purchase I made in my Messed-Up Expectations portfolio. The thesis was ...
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig [7] owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. [8]
Discoverer Enterprise is a fifth generation deepwater double hulled dynamically positioned drillship (ASTANO FPSO design) owned and operated by Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc., capable of operating in moderate environments and water depths up to 3,049 m (10,000 ft) using an 18.75 in (47.6 cm), 15,000 psi blowout preventer (BOP), and a 21 in (53 cm) outside diameter (OD) marine ...
Transocean's bevy of big rigs Swiss-based Transocean is the largest of the deepwater drillers, with 82 rigs under its at least partial ownership and operation. Fully 27 of the units are classified ...
Development Driller III is a fifth generation, Vanuatu-flagged dynamic positioning semi-submersible ultra-deepwater drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated under lease agreements by various petroleum exploration and production companies worldwide. The vessel is capable of drilling in water depths up to 7,500 feet (2,300 m) with drilling ...