Special vessel : drillship (shipyard)
SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES
or on seas with harsh waves. Equipped with
an ice-resistant design, Samsung Heavy Industries’ first
drill ships for polar regions were built in 2007,
and are world firsts.
SHI’s drill ships for polar regions enable drilling up
to 11 km deep, and as all equipment and materials are
protected against low temperatures, the ships can be
operated at temperatures as low as -40 degrees. Priced
at USD 0.6 billion per unit, drill ships are high-tech ships
with high added value, and as they require advanced
shipbuilding technologies and deep-sea drilling
techniques, it can be particularly hard to meet
the requirements of clients in this sector. Samsung Heavy
Industries received an order for a drill ship worth
USD 0.912 billion, a record-high price for a Korean ship,
from Stena(Sweden).
As of September 2011, SHI has
recorded the world’s No. 1 market share in the large drill
ship sector (51%), receiving orders for 42 of the 83 large
drill ships ordered worldwide since 2000.
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