A brand new ultra-deepwater drillship has been delivered by its owner in South Korea and will soon make its debut in the Brazilian market. The seventh-generation drillship Tidal Action (formerly ...

The rig will have a variable deckload of more than 20,000 metric tons and will be capable of drilling in water depths of up to 12,000 feet. The Discoverer Clear Leader will be an enhanced version ...

Drillships are differentiated from other offshore drilling units by their easy mobility. While semisubmersible rigs can also drill in deep waters, drillships are able to propel themselves from ...

Noble recently noted that it is shifting the two rigs from drilling to intervention work. Two other seventh-generation drillships — the Deepwater Conqueror and the Noble Valiant — are also ...