A drillship is a merchant vessel designed for use in exploratory offshore drilling of new oil and gas wells or for scientific drilling purposes. In recent years the vessels have been used in deepwater
Drillship Deep Value Driller docked in Norway
In the foreground, offshore support vessel Toisa Perseus with the fifth-generation deepwater drillship Discoverer Enterprise.
Tower of drillship Deep Value Driller
Drillship Discoverer Enterprise.
Dynamic positioning is a computer-controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters. Position reference sensors, combined with wind
SBX underway
Light taut wire on the HOS Achiever