Sedco 711 drilling rig

Sedco 711

On December 23rd 2009 at 6:15 pm onboard the Sedco 711 semi-submersible rig operated by Shell E&P, a blowout occurred. This occurred during the upper completion clean up phase of

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Prior to the Macondo disaster in December 2009, Transocean operated the Sedco 711 drilling rig in the North Sea (BP was not involved). In

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A sizeable land drilling contractor, Southeastern Drilling Co. (Sedco), of Dallas, embraced the semi as its single rig type for deepwater

SEDCO 711, Drilling platform, IMO 8755211 | Vessel

SEDCO 711 is a Drilling platform built in 1982 by HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO. LTD. - ULSAN, SOUTH KOREA. Current status: Decommissioned or lost.

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Prior to the Macondo disaster in December 2009, Transocean operated the Sedco 711 drilling rig in the North Sea (BP was not involved).

SEDCO 711 – Drilling platform | IMO 8755211, Built 1982

SEDCO 711 is a Drilling platform with IMO number 8755211 and MMSI number 577050000. Built in 1982. It was constructed at the HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO. LTD...

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Under the agreement, the new contract will become effective in April 2014. The rig''s prior dayrate was $398,000. The SEDCO 714 is a Sedco 711 design semi-submersible

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The Sedco 709 underwent a dry lift operation where a heavy lift vessel, the Gavea Lifter, was partially submerged in the Port of Saldanha. Once safely ''dry-docked'' onboard the heavy lift

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Leading Performance The Knotty Head feat at 34,189 feet,or about 6.5 miles measured depth is the most recent Transocean record in a long hit-parade list that leads the offshore drilling

A near miss for the North Sea oil industry

The Sedco 711 is not an ''oil platform'' or an ''oil rig'', it is a Semi-submersible Mobile Drilling Platform. If your going to talk technical - do it

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The Sedco 706 drilling rig is owned by Transocean Inc. which can be contacted for jobs and careers on the Sedco 706. The Semisub is a Semisub type of rig and is designed as

Mobile drilling rig returns to Corrib gas field

The rig costs just under $500,000 a day, and another $500,000 to staff – totalling an average of $100 million (€71.5 million) for a season of exploration drilling. Sedco 711 spent last

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The Sedco 703 drilling rig is owned by Transocean Inc. which can be contacted for jobs and careers on the Sedco 703. The Semisub is a Semisub type of rig and is designed as

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Double the footage drilled? "It was like waving a red rag in front of a bull," recalls Sedco 711 OIM Dougie Brown, adding that when the semisubmersible rig began working for the client in

Ship SEDCO 711 (Drilling Rig) Registered in Vanuatu

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Transocean Withheld Internal Report That Proved Fatal For

Confidential internal documents from Transocean reveal that on December 23, 2009 there was a blowout on one of their drilling rigs in the North Sea at 5:10 pm that was

Sedco 711 Rig owned by Transocean Inc.

The Semisub is a Semisub type of rig and is designed as a Earl & Wright/Sedco 711 Series and built by Hyundai Heavy Ind. at the Hyundai, Ulsan, Korea shipyard. The rig can

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4. SEDCO 711 Semi-submersible Drilling Rig SEDCO 711 can operate in water depths up to 1,800 feet. This video shows an offshore drilling program highlighting the underwater drilling

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Transocean, a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor, has notched up $26 million worth of rig contract extensions since its last update in March 2015. It has also lost a

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In 1977, Sea Quest was sold to Sedco and renamed Sedco 135C. She was towed to the west coast of Africa. In 17th January 1980, while drilling in the Warri area, Nigeria, a blowout

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Additionally, in 2010, Transocean''s Sedco 711 rig in the North Sea experienced a blowout incident similar to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. An internal

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The Sedco 712 drilling rig is owned by Transocean Inc. which can be contacted for jobs and careers on the Sedco 712. The Semisub is a Semisub type of rig and is designed as

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4 FAQs about [Sedco 711 drilling rig]

Is the Sedco 711 an oil rig?

The Sedco 711 is not an 'oil platform' or an 'oil rig', it is a Semi-submersible Mobile Drilling Platform. If your going to talk technical - do it properly. Comment number 2. Perhaps, Jim, you would like to tell us just how many times you have had to 'pick up the pieces' from such incidents.

Why did shell blow out SEDCO 711?

The blowout happened on Shell's Sedco 711 platform on 23 December last year as the Transocean crew was preparing to switch from a drilling operation to production, bringing the reservoir in stream. The report, a nine-page safety review of the incident, details a series of errors and misjudgements that led to the blowout.

Why is the Transocean Sedco 711 a problem?

Back to the incident on the Transocean Sedco 711 - the problem for the industry, Transocean particularly, is the practice of fast-tracking people into positions they are ill equipped to perform. This situation exists due to a very large number of very experienced people being laid off from the offshore industry in the 80's and the 90's.

What happened to the Transocean rig?

In an incident similar to Macondo, the Transocean crew had a delayed response to indications that hydrocarbons were flowing into the well. Mud and hydrocarbons eventually reached the rig floor at the sea surface, though they did not ignite in this case and the blowout preventer sealed the well.

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