Traveling block falls from Transocean rig

The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is looking into why the traveling block on board Transocean’s semi-submersible Deepwater Nautilus plummeted to the rig floor while drilling a development well on the Glider field in the deep-water US Gulf of Mexico.

Travelling block: Deepwater Nautilus loses piece of equipment
Travelling block: Deepwater Nautilus loses piece of equipment
Published 12 June 2014, 20:56Updated 12 June 2014, 20:56