Development Driller III

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| 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

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{{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

  • Call sign: YJVD2
  • DNV ID: 30254
  • {{IMO number|8769121}}
  • {{MMSI Number|576281000}}

| Ship status = Operational

| Ship notes = {{cite ship register |register=DNV |id=30254 |shipname=Development Driller III |accessdate=4 June 2010 }}

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{{Infobox ship characteristics

| Ship class society =*American Bureau of Shipping

  • A1, column stabilized MODU, AMS, ACC, DPS-2

| Ship tonnage =*{{GT|37,981}}

  • {{DWT|23,513}}

| 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}}

  • Freshwater: {{convert|2934.98 |m3|abbr=on}}
  • Lube oil: {{convert|71.78|m3|abbr=on}}
  • Tank ballast: {{convert|21891.81|m3|abbr=on}}
  • Other: {{convert|341.84|m3|abbr=on}}

| Ship crew = 200

| Ship notes = {{cite web | title=ABS Record: Development Driller III | url=http://www.eagle.org/safenet/record/record_vesseldetailsprinparticular?Classno=09172785 | publisher=American Bureau of Shipping | date=26 September 2009 | access-date=28 May 2010}}

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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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