A drilling rig is an integrated system that drills wells, such as oil or water wells, or holes for piling and other construction purposes, into the earth's...

floating semi-submersible drilling unit—a fifth-generation, ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, column-stabilized drilling rig owned by Transocean and...

semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On April 20, 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the...

Drilling Unit (MODU) is generally used for all offshore drilling rigs that can be moved from location to location. The first offshore mobile drilling...

take place. These include bottom-founded drilling rigs (jackup barges and swamp barges), combined drilling and production facilities, either bottom-founded...

the term is used to describe drilling activities on the continental shelf, though the term can also be applied to drilling in lakes, inshore waters and...

existence. The total number of jackup drilling rigs in operation numbered about 540 at the end of 2013. The tallest jackup rig built to date is the Noble Lloyd...

onshore drilling rig. Offshore drilling rigs have similar elements, but are configured with a number of different drilling systems to suit drilling in the...

semi-submersible, column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling, a Fred Olsen Energy subsidiary. It drilled seasonally for various companies...

An oil rig is any kind of apparatus constructed for oil drilling. Kinds of oil rig include: Drilling rig, an apparatus for on-land oil drilling Drillship...