Deepwater drilling
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Deepwater drilling, or deep well drilling, is the process of creating holes in the Earth's crust using a drilling rig for oil extraction under the deep sea. There are approximately 3400 deepwater well
Discoverer Inspiration delivers new containment cap to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on 10 July 2010. In the background are the Discoverer Enterprise, GSF Development Driller II, and Helix Producer I
Deepwater Horizon
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Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gul
Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible drilling rig
Deepwater Nautilus, a sister rig of Deepwater Horizon, being transported by MV Black Marlin.
Deepwater Horizon in flames after the explosion
Q4000 Discoverer Enterprise