Transocean drilling rig deepwater horizon

Deepwater Horizon was a fifth-generation, RBS-8D design (i.e. model type), deepwater, , column-stabilized, semi-submersible , designed to drill wells for oil explorati. . 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. [pdf]

Drilling oil rig in scotland

Commercial extraction of oil on the shores of the North Sea dates back to 1851, when James Young retorted oil from torbanite (boghead coal, or oil shale) mined in the Midland Valley of Scotland. . The oil industry in Scotland was largely created upon the discovery of . The country is one of the world’s leading oil producers, and in 2020, oil and gas contributed £13.8 billion to the Scottish economy and. . In December 1969, Amoco discovered the about 217 km (135 mi) east of . The original objective of the well had been to drill for gas to test the idea that the. . DeclineAlthough North Sea oil production has been declining since 1999, an estimated 920 million tonnes of. [pdf]

Moonpool drilling rig

A moon pool is an equipment deployment and retrieval feature used by , , , , and or , and. . The Hughes was a 50,500 long tons (51,300 t), 619-foot-long (189 m) ship constructed by the United States in the early 1970s for the from the Pacific seabed. The desig. . Very deep moon pools are used in —submerged chambers used by divers engaged in underwater research, , , and . In this case, shown in part D of. . Moon pools are becoming increasingly used on to allow for hauling of the gear in worse weather conditions. They also reduce the exposure of fish to air, improving quality. Along with bird scarin. [pdf]