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  1. New floaters poised to enter improving deepwater rig market

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 22 Nov 2004

    Keppel Annual Report 2003. The semisubmersible rig with four rectangular columns is ..... Noble Corp. says it has four semisubmersible rig hulls available, three of which ..... 000/day at the end of October. Semisubmersible rigs comprise about 29% of the global

  2. DRILLING MARKET FOCUS: New semisub orders exceed $13 billion

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 19 Jun 2006

    year prior, and up 238% from 5 years prior. Of the 54 semisubmersible rigs capable of working in water deeper than 4,000 ft ..... s GM-4000 design. The ORS Pioneer is the first semisubmersible rig that the Yantai Raffles yard has built. In November 2005

  3. North Sea Development Action Brisk; Plays Expand Elsewhere Off Europe

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 19 Aug 1996

    Clair viable. The Sedco Explorer semisubmersible rig anchored in the field in May and ..... vessel, an innovative alternative to semisubmersible rigs for many well operations. Smedvig ..... capabilities similar to those of a semisubmersible rig but to be more mobile. The Swath

  4. FLOATING PRODUCTION SYSTEMS HIT STRIDE IN NORTH SEA FIELDS

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 23 May 1994

    likely using a converted semisubmersible rig or floating production vessel ..... project. It used a converted semisubmersible rig , later replaced by a newer ..... of suitable second hand semisubmersible rigs has made converted semis

  5. Drilling fleet active in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 19 Jul 2004

    nearly 79% in the past 5 years. The May 2004 SCORE for semisubmersible rigs increased 3.5% from April, and up 24% from 5 years ..... Repsol YPF SA has contracted Ocean Rig ASA's Eirik Raude semisubmersible rig to drill the Yamagua-1 well off Cuba. The rig arrived

  6. WoodMac: NW Europe operators' drilling plans for 1997

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 24 Feb 1997

    Wood Mackenzie predicts demand for semisubmersible rigs in Northwest Europe will outstrip ..... Dec. 2, 1996, p. 25). " Semisubmersible rig utilization in the North Sea area ..... rescheduled." The analyst expects semisubmersible rig demand in Northwest Europe to amount

  7. Vastar uses technology, strategy to compete with majors in deep water

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 7 Dec 1998

    King well, on Mississippi Canyon Block 764. Shown here is Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.'s Ocean Victory semisubmersible rig drilling the well late last year. Photo courtesy of Vastar. Pamela S. Pierce, vice-president of business

  8. JIT found possible operating lapses on Macondo rig, panel told

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 24 Oct 2011

    omission by Transocean Ltd. and the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible rig 's crew reduced opportunities to limit the April 20 ..... explosion and fire that killed 11 people and sunk the semisubmersible rig , on-board operating deficiencies may have contributed

  9. JIT found possible operating lapses on Macondo rig, panel told

    Online Articles

    Fri, 14 Oct 2011

    omission by Transocean Ltd. and the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible rig ’s crew reduced opportunities to limit the April 20 ..... explosion and fire that killed 11 people and sunk the semisubmersible rig , on-board operating deficiencies may have contributed to

  10. Repsol to allow US inspections of semisubmersible bound for Cuba

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 24 Oct 2011

    scheduled to begin exploratory drilling in Cuban waters, has offered US agencies an opportunity to inspect the semisubmersible rig and its equipment before it arrives at the well site, US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE