Deepwater Titan
drillship · Transocean
- Type
- drillship
- Operator
- Transocean
- Water depth
- 3658 m
- Region
- Gulf of Mexico (operating)
- Country
- United States
- Commissioned
- 2022
- Status
- active
About this platform type
Drillships are dynamically-positioned vessels capable of drilling new exploration and production wells in deep water. Modern drillships operate in 3,000+ metres of water using DP-3 systems and 6th- or 7th-generation drilling packages. Crew typically 180-250.
For seafarers
Offshore-fleet roles command significantly higher pay than equivalent deep-sea cargo ranks (see /career-maps/offshore-vs-deep-sea-pay-tradeoff) but require sector-specific certification — DP-2/3 for marine officers on dynamically-positioned units, process-safety and operator-specific training for production-platform crews, and the offshore-specific rotation patterns (28/28 or 35/35 day). Entry requires either a maritime-academy background plus offshore conversion or transition from a related onboard-engineering background.
Sources: operator websites, classification-society publications, and offshore-industry news for the public data above. The platforms' status changes — confirm currency before relying on it for crew-scheduling decisions. Cross-references: /career-maps/highest-paying-niches-2026, /shipyards.