GSF Development Driller II

Career	<tr valign="top"><td>Name:</td><td> GSF Development Driller II</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Owner:</td><td> Transocean</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Operator:</td><td> Transocean</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Port of registry:</td><td> Vanuatu, Port Vila</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Ordered:</td><td> 02 December 2002</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Builder:</td><td> PPL Shipyard Pte Ltd (primary) Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd (subcontractor) Singapore</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Laid down:</td><td> 26 May 2003</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Acquired:</td><td> 19 February 2005</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Identification:</td><td> ABS class no.: 8765515 Call sign: YJUL9 DNV ID: 29750 IMO number: 8765515 MMSI no.: 576971000</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Status:</td><td> Operational</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Notes:</td><td> </td></tr>
General characteristics <tr valign="top"><td>Class & type:</td><td> American Bureau of Shipping: A1, AMS, DPS-2</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Tonnage:</td><td> 30,236 GT 9,070 NT</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Length:</td><td> 115.7 m (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 379.593175853 | 1-2 }} ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Beam:</td><td> 78.68 m (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 258.13648294 | 1-2 }} ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Draught:</td><td> operating: 17 to 20 m ( to ft) Transit: 8.3 m (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 27.2309711286 | 1-1 }} ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Depth:</td><td> 37 m (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 121.391076115 | 1-2 }} ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Deck clearance:</td><td> 16,016 m (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 52,545.9317585 | 1-4 }} ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Propulsion:</td><td> 8 x 4,300 hp</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Capacity:</td><td> Base oil: 730 m3 (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 25,779.7067067 | 1-4 }} cu ft) Freshwater: 755 m3 (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 26,662.5733747 | 1-4 }} cu ft) Lube oil: 71.78 m3 (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 2,534.88677727 | 1-3 }} cu ft) Tank ballast: 21,891.81 m3 (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 773,101.97408 | 1-5 }} cu ft) Fuel oil: 3,226 m3 (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 113,925.114844 | 1-5 }} cu ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Crew:</td><td> 176</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Notes:</td><td> </td></tr>

GSF Development Driller II is a fifth generation, Vanuatu-flagged dynamic positioning semi-submersible ultra-deepwater drilling rig owned and operated by Transocean. The vessel is capable of drilling in water depths up to 7,500 ft (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 2,286 | 1-3 }} m) with drilling depth of 35,000 ft (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 10,668 | 1-4 }} m), upgradeable to 37,500 ft (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 11,430 | 1-4 }} m).

Development Driller II was deployed in drilling a relief well on the Macondo Prospect to stop the massive oil spill caused by the explosion and subsequent loss of Deepwater Horizon.

External links

• Transocean official website
• Development Driller II current position at VesselTracker