drillship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of drillship
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Turkey is set to send a drillship into the Mediterranean in early August in search of gas.
From Reuters ● Jul. 28, 2022
Shell's 30-year-old Kulluk drillship ran aground on New Year's Eve in what were described as "near hurricane" conditions while it was being towed south for the winter.
From Reuters ● Jan. 11, 2013
The permits allow the company to operate the Discoverer drillship and supporting icebreakers, oil spill response vessels and other ships in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, according to EPA.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2011
In the meantime, BP has placed a containment cap on Deepwater Horizon's failed blow-out preventer which takes some of the oil and gas to a drillship, the Discoverer Enterprise.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2010
Texaco is already operating the Glomar Atlantic, a drillship, in the area, and Phillips has dispatched a rig from Africa's Ivory Coast to help with the exploration.
From Time Magazine Archive
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