The 228-meter-long West Capella was built by South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co. in 2008 and boasts a maximum drilling depth of 37,500 feet, or 11.43 kilometers. The exploration ...

The West Capella, a drilling ship that will check whether actual gas and oil are buried in the promising structure of the "Great Whale" in the East Sea, departed from Busan Port and arrived in the ...

This has extended the rig’s operations by approximately two months. The West Capella drillship was used by Mubadala Energy for Layaran-1 exploration well and by Harbour Energy for Gayo-1 ...