On December 18, 2011, the rig, which was under tow during a fierce storm, and sank in the . It was being towed by the icebreaker and the tugboat Neftegaz-55 having just completed an exploration well for off the . The incident happened some 200 kilometres (120 mi) off the coast of island, in waters more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) deep. In terms of operational safety, the towing operation's compliance with be.
[pdf] The Russian drilling fleet now roughly amounts to 1.5K rigs. According to expert estimation, however, about 40% of the rigs are essentially obsolete, so the equipment will have to be renewed substantially to keep and increase the rates of drilling.
[pdf] A drilling rig is an integrated system that , such as oil or water wells, or holes for and other construction purposes, into the earth's subsurface. Drilling rigs can be massive structures housing equipment used to drill , , or natural gas extraction wells, or they can be small enough to be moved manually by one person and such are called . Drilling rigs can s.
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