Drilling Unit News Today

Non-essential crew were airlifted off Stena Spey, east of Aberdeen, after it was battered by severe winds.

Equinor (operator) and ExxonMobil, Petrogal Brasil and Pré-sal Petróleo SA (PPSA) have decided to develop phase one of the Bacalhau field in the Brazilian pre-salt Santos area. The investment is approx. 8 billion USD.

Im here with marylandry who is leading the area response down here and my deputy admiral. >> i should have known better. of course, youd be out there and youd be on a drilling unit. youre never sitting in an office in washington. forgive us for that mistake, admiral. there you are on the drilling unit. tell us exactly what that drilling unit is doing. >> this is the second unit that will be put into place to drill a second well and thats a risk mitigator in case theres a problem with the first o...

Oil slick is still sitting out there, as you know, in the gulf right now and the coast guard is on point for this, keeping an eye on bp and the clean up efforts and also helping lead that investigation in the gulf. coast guard commander admiral fatalen has briefings morning, afternoon and night and weve been lucky to get him to call and he joins me now from washington. let me start by asking you, were seeing the booms and were seeing the oil and were still seeing this massive slick. what are you...

You can yank them one way and it shuts everything down here. we are actually on board the rig. to my right is the driller. thats the drilling unit. he, too, has a hands on ability to shut down. were going to take you over there right now: you are looking at a prospect well. we are only in 40 feet of water that is the blow out protector itself. you saw the control over across the deck. whats this dill -- this do. >> when the driller pulls the switch the rams close shut off the well. >> if you loo...