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 Gulf of Mexico at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. The fire was inextinguisha. DesignDeepwater Horizon was a fifth-generation, RBS-8D design (i.e. model type), deepwater, ,. .
Deepwater Horizon was built for R&B Falcon (which later became part of ) by in , South Korea. Construction started in December 1998, the was laid on 21 March 200. .
At 7:45 p.m. on 20 April 2010, during the final phases of drilling the exploratory well off the gulf of Mexico, a geyser of seawater erupted from the onto the rig, shooting 70 metres (230 ft) into the air. This wa. .
Transocean received an early partial insurance settlement for total loss of the Deepwater Horizon of US$401 million about 5 May 2010. noted that the insurance recovery was likely to be more than t.
[pdf] Drill pipe with tool joints can be determined by their configuration or upset on both ends. The upset of the drill pipe allows welding of the tool joints and can be categorized as: 1. Internal Upset (IU): The dril.
[pdf] R28 drilling tools include : R28 button bit , R28 drill steel , R28 extension rod and Drifter rod ,These products used CNC machines and vacuum heat treatment. R28 Drifter rod and Extension rods are made by hollow drill steels; there are two shapes of extension rods, round type and hexagonal type.
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