GSF Development Driller II
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Name | GSF Development Driller II |
Owner | Transocean |
Operator | Transocean |
Port of registry | Vanuatu, Port Vila |
Ordered | 2 December 2002 |
Builder | list error: <br /> list (help) PPL Shipyard Pte Ltd (primary) Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd (subcontractor) Singapore |
Laid down | 26 May 2003 |
Acquired | 19 February 2005 |
Identification | list error: <br /> list (help) ABS class no.: 8765515 Call sign: YJUL9 DNV ID: 29750 IMO number: 8765515 MMSI no.: 576971000 |
Status | Operational |
Notes | [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | American Bureau of Shipping: A1, AMS, DPS-2 |
Tonnage | list error: <br /> list (help) 30,236 GT 9,070 NT |
Length | 115.7 m (380 ft) |
Beam | 78.68 m (258.1 ft) |
Draught | list error: <br /> list (help) operating: 17 to 20 m (56 to 66 ft) Transit: 8.3 m (27 ft) |
Depth | 37 m (121 ft) |
Deck clearance | 16,016 m (52,546 ft) |
Propulsion | 8 x 4,300 hp |
Capacity | list error: <br /> list (help) Base oil: 730 m3 (26,000 cu ft) Freshwater: 755 m3 (26,700 cu ft) Lube oil: 71.78 m3 (2,535 cu ft) Tank ballast: 21,891.81 m3 (773,102 cu ft) Fuel oil: 3,226 m3 (113,900 cu ft) |
Crew | 176 |
Notes | [2][3] |
GSF Development Driller II is a fifth generation, Vanuatu-flagged dynamic positioning semi-submersible ultra-deepwater drilling rig owned and operated by Transocean. The vessel is capable of drilling in water depths up to 7,500 ft (2,300 m) with drilling depth of 35,000 ft (11,000 m), upgradeable to 37,500 ft (11,400 m).[2]
Development Driller II was deployed in drilling a relief well on the Macondo Prospect to stop the massive oil spill caused by the explosion and subsequent loss of Deepwater Horizon.[4]
References
- ^ "Vessel Info:GSF Development Driller II". DNV Exchange. Det Norske Veritas. 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ a b "GSF Development Driller II". Transocean. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ "ABS Record: GSF Development Driller II". American Bureau of Shipping. 26 September 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ Staff and wire writers (Monday, 17 May 2010). "Second Macondo relief well under way". Upstream Online. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
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External links
- Transocean official website
- Development Driller II current position at VesselTracker