Kulluk
drillship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Kulluk
- IMO number
- 8752219
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- drillship
- Gross tonnage
- 27,968
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 83.8 m
- Beam
- 69.2 m
- Year built
- 1983
- Builder
- Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding
- Registered owner
- Gulf Oil
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Kulluk
Kulluk was an ice-strengthened drill barge that was used for oil exploration in the Arctic waters. She was constructed by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding in Japan in 1983 and operated in the Canadian Arctic until 1993 when she was mothballed for over a decade. In 2005, she was purchased and extensively refurbished by Shell PLC for drilling off the Alaska North Slope. On 31 December 2012, Kulluk drifted aground after the towing line to the icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel Aiviq parted in heavy weather. While the rig was recovered, it was irreparable and was scrapped in March 2014.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kulluk now?
- Kulluk has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Kulluk?
- Kulluk is a drillship, built in 1983 by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding. The vessel is 83.8 m long with a beam of 69.2 m and has a gross tonnage of 27,968.
- Who owns Kulluk?
- Kulluk is registered to Gulf Oil. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has Kulluk been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Kulluk appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).