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    Chevron adds drillship in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico

    April 16, 2015
    Chevron Corp. reports that the Transocean Deepwater Asgard has arrived in the US Gulf of Mexico to work under a two-year contract.
    Deepwater Asgard
    Deepwater Asgard

    Offshore staff

    HOUSTON – Chevron Corp. reports that the TransoceanDeepwater Asgard has arrived in the US Gulf of Mexico to work under a two-year contract.

    TheTransoceanDeepwater Asgard is a Daewoo Shipbuilding DSME 12000 design, dynamically positioned drillship. The ship is capable of drilling to a depth of 35,000 ft (10,668 m) and able to operate in moderate environments and water depths up to 10,000 ft (3,048 m).

    TheAsgard is Chevron’s sixth drillship in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico and this month will begin operations in the Mississippi Canyon area.

    04/16/2015