About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: MV Blue Marlin, Semi-submersible, Deepwater Horizon, Byford Dolphin, Ocean Ranger, Saipem 7000, Deepwater Nautilus, Aban Pearl, Thunder Horse PDQ, Atlantis PQ, Ocean Odyssey, Iolair, Mighty Servant 2, DCV Balder, Transocean Marianas, Q4000, Petrobras 36, Mighty Servant 3, SSCV Thialf, Mighty Servant 1, GSP Saturn, GSP Jupiter, GSP Prometeu, GSP Orizont, Development Driller III, MV Target, GSF Development Driller II, Hermod, Transocean John Shaw, Castoro Sei, Songa Mercur, Sea Quest, Anti-Invasion Floating Mortar. Excerpt: Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore oil drilling rig owned by Transocean. Built in 2001 in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the rig was commissioned by R&B Falcon, which later became part of Transocean, registered in Majuro, Marshall Islands, and leased to BP plc from 2001 until September 2013. In September 2009, the rig drilled the deepest oil well in history at a vertical depth of 35,050 ft (10,683 m) and measured depth of 35,055 ft (10,685 m) in the Tiber field at Keathley Canyon block 102, approximately 250 miles (400 km) southeast of Houston, in 4,132 feet (1,259 m) of water. On 20 April 2010, while drilling at the Macondo Prospect, an explosion on the rig caused by a blowout killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 35 miles (56 km) away. The resulting fire could not be extinguished and, on 22 April 2010, Deepwater Horizon sank, leaving the well gushing at the sea floor and causing the largest offshore oil spill in United States history. The Deepwater Nautilus, sister rig to the Deepwater Horizon being transported aboard a heavy-lift shipDeepwater Horizon was a fifth-generation, RBS-8D design (i.e. model type), deepwater, dynamically positioned, column-stabilized, semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit, design...
