The Aban Abraham deepwater drillship is being retrofitted to be able to drill at the depths necessary in the Joint Development Zone in the Gulf of Guinea.
Jim: Dan Keeney from ERHC's PR team here. This article from Professional Mariner provides a nice overview of how these ships work: http://professionalmariner.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=420C4D38DC9C4E3A903315CDDC65AD72&nm=Archives&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=CBFD64D555804D7DB9EFD24DACE91582.
2 Comments
Jim: Dan Keeney from ERHC's PR team here. This article from Professional Mariner provides a nice overview of how these ships work: http://professionalmariner.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=420C4D38DC9C4E3A903315CDDC65AD72&nm=Archives&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=CBFD64D555804D7DB9EFD24DACE91582.
How can they steady a ship to keep it drilling?