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Cairn won a court order banning Greenpeace protesters from approaching its drilling vessels.

The backers thought the big problem was holding the drilling vessel steady over the site, Dr. Meyer said.

Included in each year's plan are objectives and tasks necessary for drilling vessel operation, from science coordination to publications, data management, and outreach.

OD21 included plans for construction of a state-of-the-art, riser-equipped scientific drilling vessel capable of reaching Earth's mantle.

Submersible drilling rig - for submersible drilling vessels.

A drill string compensator decreases the influence of the heave of a drilling vessel on the drill bit.

The 120m long Glomar Challenger was a deep sea research and scientific drilling vessel for oceanography and marine geology studies.

The second stage was a follow up stage where a drilling vessel from SEDCO was sent out.

Japan began building a state-of-the-art scientific drilling vessel for research in 2001 with the intent of reaching the Earth's mantle and drill into an active seismogenic zone.

The shipyard specializes in building merchant ships to include dry cargo ships, tankers, ice-breakers, container-ships, drilling vessels, and floating dry docks.

Schiehallion field was discovered in 1993 by the semi-submersible drilling vessel Ocean Alliance while drilling the third exploration well in block 204 (well 204-3).

By the mid-1980s, variations on artificial island and drilling vessel technologies had extended both the drilling season and the depth of water at which the industry could operate.

CDEX, the Center for Deep Earth Exploration, manages operations aboard the riser-equipped drilling vessel Chikyu.

Tharos - Offshore Safety support vessel, built in 1979 and since converted into a drilling vessel, and rechristened Transocean Marianas.

IODP employs two dedicated drilling vessels, each sponsored by a Lead Agency and managed by their respective IO's:

This year land-based prototype trials were followed by sea trials during ODP Leg 133 on board the drilling vessel Joides Resolution off north-east Australia.

In a statement, the company said: "Cairn confirms that members of Greenpeace have boarded the semi-submersible drilling vessel, the Leiv Eiriksson, owned by Ocean Rig.

The U.S.-sponsored drilling vessel was operated throughout the Ocean Drilling Program and the first phase of IODP.

Tools critical to these goals include a riser-equipped drilling vessel, a riserless vessel, additional platforms suited to mission specific expeditions, enhanced downhole measurement devices, and long-term monitoring instrumentation.

Currently, the drilling is being carried out by semi submersible drilling vessel Dede Qorqud of Caspian Drilling Company, contracted by SOCAR.

SEDCO provided a drilling vessel the JOIDES Resolution, while Colmek provided data, video and sonar telemetry for the ocean drilling re-entry tool.

The fleet includes platform supply vessels, anchor handling tug supply vessels, multipurpose field- and ROV support vessels, well stimulation vessels, scientific core drilling vessels and crew vessels.

A marine riser tensioner is a device used on an offshore drilling vessel which provides a near constant upward force on the drilling riser independent of the movement of the floating drill vessel.

Meanwhile, a BP drilling vessel drills a new hole in the Gulf, only to accidentally cause an oil leak in a protected zone, prompting one of the crewmen to exclaim "Oh, don't tell me we did it again!"

The resulting drilling vessel, Chikyu (Japanese for "Planet Earth") features a riser drilling system, a dynamic positioning system, and a high-density mud circulation system to prevent borehole collapse during drilling, among other assets.