# First hybrid powered offshore rig

**URL:** https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-hybrid-powered-offshore-rig/52911
**Category:** Offshore
**Created:** [October 3, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-hybrid-powered-offshore-rig/52911 "2019-10-03T21:04:20Z")
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#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-hybrid-powered-offshore-rig/52911/1 "2019-10-03T21:04:21Z")

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Transocean has installed battery pack on the semisub Transocean Spitsbergen:

> **[Transocean deploys world’s first hybrid semi-submersible rig -](https://splash247.com/transocean-depolys-worlds-first-hybrid-semi-submersible-rig/)**
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> Transocean has announced that is has deployed the world’s first hybrid energy storage system aboard a floating drilling unit. The system is now operational on 2009-built semi-submersible rig , currently operating at the Snorre field in Norway for...

  
Probably not without being forced to do so by Equinor to retain their contract.