History | |
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Name | GSF Development Driller II |
Owner | Transocean |
Operator | Transocean |
Port of registry | Vanuatu, Port Vila |
Ordered | 2 December 2002 |
Builder |
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Laid down | 26 May 2003 |
Acquired | 19 February 2005 |
Identification |
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Status | Operational |
Notes | [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | American Bureau of Shipping: A1, AMS, DPS-2 |
Tonnage | |
Length | 115.7 m (380 ft) |
Beam | 78.68 m (258.1 ft) |
Draught |
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Depth | 37 m (121 ft) |
Deck clearance | 16,016 m (52,546 ft) |
Propulsion | 8 × 4,300 hp |
Capacity |
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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 oil spill caused by the explosion and subsequent loss of Deepwater Horizon.[4]