drillship

Transocean Ltd's Discoverer Enterprise drillship, which is receiving the oil through a pipe connected to the top of the containment cap at the wellhead, can process up to 18,000 barrels

Scientific American 2010

A drillship is a vessel equipped with a drilling rig that can stay in place for long periods of time while drilling, testing and completing offshore wells.

Breaking News - The Post Chronicle 2010

The Deepwater Millennium [drillship] moves to Ghana to drill two appraisal wells on Tweneboa and two appraisal wells on Owo, with a drill stem test planned for both discoveries.

Tullow Oil leads the way as FTSE moves higher ahead of Federal Reserve's QE decision Nick Fletcher 2010

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering dropped 4.3% in Seoul after news late Friday that a client based in the Oceania region had requested a delivery delay for a drillship worth $606 million.

Asian Stocks Mixed Wei-Zhe Tan 2011

Last Friday the campaign group lost a case brought by Chevron, forcing its activists to abandon a direct action against the Stena Carron drillship that was being prepared for operations off the Shetlands.

Shetland deepwater wells likely to be approved in face of Greenpeace action Terry Macalister 2010

This is a bigger programme that we had factored in, and the implication was that if the Owo wells in particular are positive, the drillship might be kept there for further drilling.

Tullow Oil leads the way as FTSE moves higher ahead of Federal Reserve's QE decision Nick Fletcher 2010

Chevron was among the first oil companies to receive government approval to drill back in the Gulf's deep water, including here in the Tahiti field, where Transocean Ltd.'s Discovery Clear Leader drillship can be seen floating a few miles from the platform, doing work for Chevron that will allow the field to increase production to 150,000 barrels a day in 2013.

Chevron Bears Down in Gulf Isabel Ordonez 2011

A second drillship will mobilize to the area to begin the second relief well later this week.

BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion Testimony In Front Of Senate [Full Text] 2010

A second drillship will mobilize to the area to begin the second relief well later this week.

BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion Testimony In Front Of Senate [Full Text] 2010

Our drilling rig, the Development Driller III, is involved in drilling the relief well at the site, and our drillship, the Discoverer Enterprise, is involved in the unique oil recovery operations in the Gulf.

Transocean Deepwater Horizon Senate Testimony [Full Text] 2010