Sedco Express — the first of a new fleet of DPS3 semi-submersible oil and gas drilling exploration rigs for operation in depths to 8,500 ft. — is the first use of the Mermaid podded thruster ...

Shell Exploration & Production Co. and its partners, Amoco Corp. and Exxon Corp., have installed a tension leg platform (TLP) in 3,214 ft. of water. Ram-Powell established a new world's water ...