Development Driller III
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Development-driller-3.jpg | Ship caption = Development Driller III, Q4000, Discoverer Enterprise on the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on 18 May 2010 }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship name = Development Driller III | Ship owner = Transocean | Ship operator = Transocean | Ship registry = {{VAN}}, Port Vila | Ship builder = Keppel AmFELS, Singapore | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship ordered = 12 January 2006 | Ship laid down = 25 November 2006 | Ship acquired = 22 May 2009 | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification =*ABS class no.:09172785 | Ship status = Operational | Ship notes = {{cite ship register |register=DNV |id=30254 |shipname=Development Driller III |accessdate=4 June 2010 }} }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Ship class society =*American Bureau of Shipping
| Ship tonnage =*{{GT|37,981}}
| Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|117|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|78|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = {{convert|19|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = {{convert|37|m|abbr=on}} | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = {{convert|77.10|m|abbr=on}} | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = 8 × Caterpillar 3616 diesel engines | Ship speed = | Ship capacity =*Diesel oil: {{convert|4546.7|m3|abbr=on}}
| Ship crew = 200 }} |
Development Driller III is a fifth generation, Vanuatu-flagged dynamic positioning semi-submersible ultra-deepwater drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated under lease agreements by various petroleum exploration and production companies worldwide. The vessel is capable of drilling in water depths up to {{convert|7500|ft}} with drilling depth of {{convert|35000|ft}}, upgradeable to {{convert|37500|ft}}.{{cite web | title=Development Driller III | url=http://www.deepwater.com/fw/main/Development-Driller-III-424C17.html?LayoutID=17 | publisher=Transocean | access-date=9 June 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616164348/http://www.deepwater.com/fw/main/Development-Driller-III-424C17.html?LayoutID=17 | archive-date=16 June 2010 | url-status=dead }}
On 2 May 2010, Development Driller III started drilling a relief well on Macondo Prospect to stop massive oil spill caused by the explosion and subsequent loss of the Deepwater Horizon.{{cite news | url = http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article215111.ece | title = Second Macondo relief well under way | newspaper = Upstream Online | publisher = NHST Media Group | date = 2010-05-17 | access-date = 2010-05-25}}
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External links
- [http://www.deepwater.com/ Transocean official website]
- [http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Development-Driller3-8769121.html Development Driller III current position] at VesselTracker
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