drillships

Such is the case with all of Transocean's rigs and drillships as well as most other companies' where they register their vessels in countries like not only the Marshall Islands, but Panama, the Bahamas, and the Caymans, as well as other countries with lax regulations and third-party contract inspectors.

Robert L. Cavnar: Preliminary Deepwater Horizon Report Rips Transocean, Marshall Islands Robert L. Cavnar 2011

Such is the case with all of Transocean's rigs and drillships as well as most other companies' where they register their vessels in countries like not only the Marshall Islands, but Panama, the Bahamas, and the Caymans, as well as other countries with lax regulations and third-party contract inspectors.

Robert L. Cavnar: Preliminary Deepwater Horizon Report Rips Transocean, Marshall Islands Robert L. Cavnar 2011

Drilling company Noble Corp. said it has ordered two ultra-deepwater drillships for an expected $605 million each, the latest sign that offshore fields will continue to play a major role in the energy industry in the coming years.

Noble Orders Two New Deep Water Drilling Ships Matt Jarzemsky 2011

People building drillships want to use them where there is a better chance of payoff.

Matthew Yglesias » Green Jobs 2010

Such is the case with all of Transocean's rigs and drillships as well as most other companies' where they register their vessels in countries like not only the Marshall Islands, but Panama, the Bahamas, and the Caymans, as well as other countries with lax regulations and third-party contract inspectors.

Robert L. Cavnar: Preliminary Deepwater Horizon Report Rips Transocean, Marshall Islands Robert L. Cavnar 2011

FDR Holdings, known as Frontier, owns three dynamically positioned drillships, two conventionally moored drillships, a conventionally moored deepwater semisubmersible rig, and one dynamically positioned floating production, storage, offloading vessel.

Noble Takes On Frontier, Signs Up With Shell 2010

Engineers are assembling two riser pipes that can carry oil and gas from the blowout preventer to two drillships now churning toward the gulf.

Partner in damaged oil well slams BP for 'reckless' actions -- and inaction 2010

I fear that water discharges from drillships or the presence of drilling muds in the water where Shell conducts its activities could cause whales to avoid our hunting grounds.

Rosemary Ahtuangaruak: Shell's Arctic Drilling Will Destroy Our Homeland and Culture Rosemary Ahtuangaruak 2010

Instead of having a rational discussion about how we're going to manage our remaining offshore oil resources, we look to technology ... as if deepwater drillships and blowout preventers and acoustic shutoff switches were the problem, rather than miraculous solutions only a dedicated junkie could love.

Howie Klein: Another Wake-Up Call For The World's Biggest Oil Junkie 2010

Instead of having a rational discussion about how we're going to manage our remaining offshore oil resources, we look to technology ... as if deepwater drillships and blowout preventers and acoustic shutoff switches were the problem, rather than miraculous solutions only a dedicated junkie could love.

Howie Klein: Another Wake-Up Call For The World's Biggest Oil Junkie 2010