Transocean Ltd. Announces World’s First Hybrid Floating Drilling Unit
STEINHAUSEN, Switzerland, Oct. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Transocean Ltd.(NYSE: RIG) announced today that it has successfully deployed the worlds first hybrid energy storage system aboard a floating drilling unit.
- STEINHAUSEN, Switzerland, Oct. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Transocean Ltd.(NYSE: RIG) announced today that it has successfully deployed the worlds first hybrid energy storage system aboard a floating drilling unit.
- The system is now operational on the Transocean Spitsbergen, engaged in drilling operations at the Snorre field in Norway.
- Transoceans investment is funded in part through fuel saving incentives in its contract with Equinor and by the Norwegian NOx Fund.
- The company specializes in technically demanding sectors of the global offshore drilling business with a particular focus on deepwater and harsh environment drilling services, and believes that it operates the highest specification floating offshore drilling fleet in the world.