RIGS OFFSHORE

RIGS OFFSHORE
The
features
consider is:

The offshore drilling

a floating or bottom

supported rig.
Offshore drilling rigs have drilling equipment to
conduct all the functions similar to the land
drilling rigs and have facilities peculiar to
offshore operations.
Because of the location remote

Infraestructure
Offshore rig
Cementing
Geophysicali
loggins
and
specific
services

Types the
offshore
JACK-UP DRILLING
RIGS

JACK
JACK UP
UP DRILLING
DRILLING RIGS
RIGS are
are used
used in
in
water depth that typically ranges
from 15 to 100 m with a maximum
depth of 150m..

A hull the jack-up is typicalli

constructer
constructer in
in a
a triangular
triangular shapes
shapes with
with
3
3 legs,
legs, and
and in
in a
a few
few cases
cases in
in
rectangular or other shapes

Is moderately stable when floating on

its hull thill its legs up, it is moved.

SUBMERSIBLE
DRILLIN RIGS

TENDER- ASSISTED
PLATFORMS AND

consist
of upper
upper and
and lower
consist of
lower hulls
hulls
connected by a network of posts or
beams.
beams.

It
on the
the upper
It is
is a
a Installed
Installed on
upper hull
hull deck.
deck.
It is to float and support the upper hull
and
and equipment
equipment

the
submerges and
rests on
the rig
rig submerges
and rests
on the
the
seabed to provide a working place for the
drilling
drilling

It is in the regions where the

weather conditions are not hargh
It is posible to use lower cost fixed
platforms that are designed to
suppor only derrick and the
drawworks.

Contains
drilling equipement
equipement such
such as
as
Contains drilling
pumps and tubular goods

A catwalk connects the platform and

the tender.
This platforms are used in Gulf of
Guinea ande the Persian Gulf waters
conditions
prevail
conditions prevail

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g re a th e r th an 1 0 0 m ,
fl o a te rs a re
c o m m o n ly
u se d .d rillin g
o p e ra tio n s w ith
fl o a te rs req u ie re
p e cu lia r tec h n o lo g ie s
th a t a re n ot u se d in
th e o p e ra tio n s o f
m o v ile b o tto m s u p p o rte d d rillin g
rig s.