drillship

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• Drillship — Comparison of deepwater semi submersible and drillship …   Wikipedia

• drillship — /dril ship /, n. a ship equipped with a drill rig and engaged in offshore oil and gas exploration, oceanographic research, etc. [1860 65; DRILL1 + SHIP] * * * …   Universalium

• drillship — noun Any vessel fitted with drilling equipment …   Wiktionary

• drillship — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a ship equipped for drilling (as for oil) in the ocean floor * * * /dril ship /, n. a ship equipped with a drill rig and engaged in offshore oil and gas exploration, oceanographic research, etc. [1860 65; DRILL1 + SHIP] * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• Oil platform — A typical offshore oil/gas platform. An oil platform, also referred to as an offshore platform or, somewhat incorrectly, oil rig, is a lаrge structure with facilities to drill wells, to extract and process oil and natural gas, and to temporarily… …   Wikipedia

• Blowout (well drilling) — A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed.[1] Prior to the advent of pressure control equipment in the 1920s, the uncontrolled release of oil and… …   Wikipedia

• Dynamic positioning — Offshore Support Vessel Toisa Perseus with, in the background, the fifth generation deepwater drillship Discoverer Enterprise, over the Thunder Horse Oil Field. Both are equipped with DP systems. Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer controlled… …   Wikipedia

• Semi-submersible — For semi submersible boats used for drug smuggling, see Narco submarine. Deepsea Delta semi submersible drilling rig in North Sea …   Wikipedia

• Natural gas field — Oil and natural gas are produced by the same geological process according fossil fuel suggestion: anaerobic decay of organic matter deep under the Earth s surface. As a consequence, oil and natural gas are often found together. In common usage,… …   Wikipedia

• Scientific drilling — is a way to probe down into the Earth, allowing scientists and students to obtain samples of sediments, crust, and upper mantle. In addition to rock samples, drilling technology allows us to obtain samples of connate fluids and of the subsurface… …   Wikipedia

• Hunt class minesweeper (1916) — The Hunt class minesweeper was a class of minesweeping sloop built between 1916 and 1919 for the Royal Navy. They were built in two discrete groups, the earlier Belvoir group designed by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company and the subsequent (and… …   Wikipedia