Keppel FELS and Maersk Contractors have inaugurated the new DSS 21 proprietary design semisubmersible, which is also the most technically advanced deepwater drilling rig to be designed and ...

Blind shear rams can be rendered powerless by the failure of a single part, a point underscored in a confidential report that scrutinized the reliability of the Deepwater Horizon’s blowout ...

Eight years later, the Deepwater Horizon disaster made it clear that no lessons had been learned. In 2002, BP’s Ocean King rig suffered a major accident that released highly flammable methane ...

Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has completed Transocean's Development Driller III, an ultra-deepwater drilling rig built to Keppel’s proprietary DSSTM 51 semisubmersible (semi) design.

A search is continuing for 11 missing workers after the blast at the Deepwater Horizon rig. The other workers on the rig, off Louisiana, were evacuated to the US. The rig had been burning for 36 ...

Critics have also lauded the film for its dedication, notably highlighted by the construction of a 70-foot tall, 85% scale replica of the Deepwater Horizon rig. This impressive set, complete with ...

In April 2010, there is no oil exploration operation in the Gulf of Mexico to compare with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig with its size or sheer depth of its drilling. However, the project for the ...