Delta Shipyard of Houma, La., delivered Inland Drill Barge DSD #4 to Dean Shank Drilling Company of New Orleans, the yard's second inland drilling barge, designed to drill to 25,000 feet in water depths to 12 feet.
Delta Shipyard of Houma, La., recently delivered the Inland Drill Barge DSD #4 (shown above) to Dean Shank Drilling Company, Inc. of New Orleans. The barge is 210 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 14 feet deep and becomes the fourth such drill barge the company is operating in the Gulf inland oil and gas industry. The new unit is designed to drill to 25,000 feet in water depths to 12 feet.
Drill Barge DSD #4 is the second inland drilling barge constructed by Delta Shipyard's new construction facility, which has been designed for the construction of drill barges, cargo barges, and offshore deck barges.
Mentioned in this article
Company
Delta Shipyardbuilder, Houma, La.
Dean Shank Drilling Company, Inc.owner, New Orleans
Vessel
Inland Drill Barge DSD #4inland drilling barge
Transcribed from the July 1981 print edition of Maritime Reporter &
Engineering News. Text is OCR-derived and may contain errors.
