Deepwater Drillships Delivered in South Korea

Diamond Offshore, Dolphin Drilling and Maersk Drilling have all accepted delivery of newbuild ultra-deepwater drillships from shipyards in South Korea. Hyundai Heavy Industries delivered Ocean BlackHawk and Bolette Dolphin to Diamond Offshore and Dolphin Drilling, while Samsung Heavy Industries delivered Maersk Viking (pictured) to Maersk Drilling.
Ocean BlackHawk and Maersk Viking are now being mobilised to the US Gulf of Mexico, where they will undertake term contracts with Anadarko and ExxonMobil. Bolette Dolphin has also been chartered by Anadarko, although this will be for an international campaign with operations initially taking place offshore West Africa.