Work starts on Discoverer Americas

US driller Transocean said first steel had been cut for the Discoverer Americas, the second of four new ultra-deep drillships ordered by the company.

Work in progress: an artist's impression of the Discoverer Clear Leader, the first in Transocean's series of four ultra-deep drillships
Work in progress: an artist's impression of the Discoverer Clear Leader, the first in Transocean's series of four ultra-deep drillships
Published 17 September 2007, 18:25Updated 28 June 2012, 06:25
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