February 2, 2016 by gCaptain
The rig you’re looking at is Diamond Offshore’s Ocean Valiant, an 8-point moored drilling platform.The photo was taken from the Solan platform located in the North Sea west of Shetland at the Premier Oil-operated Solan field.
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