Deepwater Horizon
semi-submersible platform · United States
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Deepwater Horizon
- IMO number
- 8764597
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Vessel type
- semi-submersible platform
- Gross tonnage
- 32,588
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 121 m
- Beam
- 78 m
- Year built
- 2001
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
- Registered owner
- Transocean
- Operator
- Transocean
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 people and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. The fire was inextinguishable and, two days later, on 22 April, the Horizon collapsed, leaving the well gushing at the seabed and becoming the largest marine oil spill in history. Built in 2001 in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the rig was commissioned by R&B Falcon (a later asset of Transocean), registered in Majuro, and under lease to BP from 2001 until September 2013.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Deepwater Horizon now?
- Deepwater Horizon 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 Deepwater Horizon?
- Deepwater Horizon is a semi-submersible platform sailing under the flag of United States, built in 2001 by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. The vessel is 121 m long with a beam of 78 m and has a gross tonnage of 32,588.
- Who owns Deepwater Horizon?
- Deepwater Horizon is registered to Transocean. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has Deepwater Horizon been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Deepwater Horizon appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).