Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. The fire was inextinguisha. DesignDeepwater Horizon was a fifth-generation, RBS-8D design (i.e. model type), deepwater, ,. .
Deepwater Horizon was built for R&B Falcon (which later became part of ) by in , South Korea. Construction started in December 1998, the was laid on 21 March 200. .
At 7:45 p.m. on 20 April 2010, during the final phases of drilling the exploratory well off the gulf of Mexico, a geyser of seawater erupted from the onto the rig, shooting 70 metres (230 ft) into the air. This wa. .
Transocean received an early partial insurance settlement for total loss of the Deepwater Horizon of US$401 million about 5 May 2010. noted that the insurance recovery was likely to be more than t.
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These platforms are built on concrete or steel legs, or both, anchored directly onto the seabed, supporting the deck with space for drilling rigs, production facilities and crew quarters. .
An oil platform (also called an oil rig, offshore platform, oil production platform, etc.) is a large structure with facilities to extract and process and that lie in rock formations beneath the .. .
Notable offshore basins include:• the • the (offshore , , , and )• (in the and ,. .
Deepest platforms by typeThis is a list of oil wells based on the depth of the water in which they were drilled. It doesn't include how. .
Essential personnelNot all of the following personnel are present on every platform. On smaller platforms, one worker can perform a number of different. .
Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz (Polish pronunciation: ; 8 March 1822 – 7 January 1882) was a Polish pharmacist, engineer, businessman,. .
Larger lake- and sea-based offshore platforms and for oil.• 1) & 2) Conventional fixed platforms• 3) Compliant tower• 4) & 5) Vertically moored tension leg and mini-tension leg platform .
A typical oil production platform is self-sufficient in energy and water needs, housing electrical generation, water desalinators and all of the equipment necessary to process.
[pdf] Thunder Horse PDQ is a and joint venture on location over the (Block 778/822), in deepwater , 150 miles (240 km) southeast of , moored in waters of 1,840 metres (6,040 ft). The "PDQ" identifies the platform as being a and facility with . Transocean Ltd. RIG has officially commenced operations for British energy major BP p.l.c. BP in the Gulf of America (formerly the U.S. Gulf of Mexico). This milestone marks the beginning of a significant ultra-deepwater drilling project to further tap into the region’s hydrocarbon potential.
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