Discoverer Clear Leader
| 300px Ship going to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on July 9, 2010 | |
| Career | <tr valign="top"><td>Name:</td><td>
Discoverer Clear Leader</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Owner:</td><td>
Triton Asset Leasing GmbH</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Operator:</td><td>
Transocean</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Port of registry:</td><td>
22x20px Marshall Islands, Majuro</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Ordered:</td><td>
27 February 2006</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Builder:</td><td>
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering |
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| General characteristics
<tr valign="top"><td>Class & type:</td><td> Det Norske Veritas</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Tonnage:</td><td> 65,573 GT; 10,100 DWT</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Length:</td><td> 254.4 m (835 ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Beam:</td><td> 38 m (125 ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Draught:</td><td> 13 m (43 ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Depth:</td><td> 19 m (62 ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Notes:</td><td> [1][2]</td></tr> | |
Discoverer Clear Leader is a double hulled dynamically positioned drillship , capable of operating in moderate environments and water depths up to 12,000 feet (3,657m) using an 18.75 in (47.6 cm), 15,000 psi blowout preventer (BOP), and a 21 in (53 cm) outside diameter (OD) marine riser. The Marshall Islands-flagged vessel is owned by Transocean, and is operating in the Gulf of Mexico of the United States.[3][2]
Sister ships
Discoverer Clear Leader design is a "Transocean Offshore enhanced Enterprise-class" and has three other sister ships: Discoverer Americas, Discoverer Inspiration, Discoverer Luanda, and Discoverer India.[1]
File:Discoverer-inspiraton-fleet.jpg Discoverer Inspiration delivers new containment cap to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on July 10, 2010. In the background are the Discoverer Enterprise, GSF Development Driller II, and Helix Producer I |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Discoverer Clear Leader". DNV Exchange. Det Norske Veritas. 2010. https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=vessel&subview=owner&vesselid=27186. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fleet Specifications: Discoverer Clear Leader". Transocean. 2010. http://www.deepwater.com/fw/main/Discoverer-Clear-Leader-416C14.html?LayoutID=17. Retrieved 07 June 2010.
- ↑ "Rig Data: Discoverer Clear Leader". Rigzone. 2010. http://www.rigzone.com/data/rig_detail.asp?rig_id=1410. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
External links
- Transocean official website
- Discoverer Clear Leader — V7MO2 — position and weather at Sailwx
- Discoverer Clear Leader current position at VesselTracker
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