drillship
Sign in to savethumb|Drillship Deep Value Driller docked in Norway thumb|Comparison of deepwater semi-submersible and drillship. thumb|In the foreground, offshore support vessel Toisa Perseus with the fifth-generation deepwater drillship Discoverer Enterprise.
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8 sectionsContents
- History
- Application
- Design
- Types
- ''Chikyū''
- ''Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1''
- Drillship operators
- References
thumb|Drillship Deep Value Driller docked in Norway thumb|Comparison of deepwater semi-submersible and drillship. thumb|In the foreground, offshore support vessel Toisa Perseus with the fifth-generation deepwater drillship Discoverer Enterprise.
A drillship is a merchant vessel designed for use in exploratory offshore drilling of new oil and gas wells or for scientific drilling purposes. In recent years the vessels have been used in deepwater and ultra-deepwater applications, equipped with the latest and most advanced dynamic positioning systems.