 Deepwater Frontier First Floater to Use Concentric Riser and Managed Pressure DrillingTransocean’s dynamically positioned drillship Deepwater Frontier in November 2007 successfully employed the company’s patented concentric riser system to enable managed pressure drilling in 4,920 ft (1,500 m) water depth. This achievement in India was the first use of this equipment by a DP floater in the history of the offshore drilling industry. Read more about this accomplishment in an article submitted by Transocean’s John Kozicz, Manager of Technology, and published in the April 2008 edition of Offshore Magazine. (read more) |
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