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Basic Rig components

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 Semi Submersible
This floating drilling unit has pontoons and columns that,
when flooded with seawater, cause the pontoons to
submerge to a predetermined depth. Although it is
moved by wave action, it sits low with a large part of its
structure under water. This, combined with eight huge
mooring anchors, make it a very stable installation and
the preferred choice for exploring deep water wells.
There can be over one hundred people on board and
although smaller than a platform, conditions are usually
good.
This type of rig makes its money by drilling a hole in the
seabed then it moves to the next location. There is often
an urgency to get things done quickly. With advancing
technology some semi submersibles can drill in water
depths over five thousand feet.
Platform
This immobile structure can be
built from concrete or steel and
rests on the seabed. When oil or
gas is located a platform may be
constructed to drill further wells
at that site and also to produce
the hydrocarbon. Although some
platforms can be small, most are
massive compared to the other
types of installations.

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 Jackup
Drillship

This is a mobile drilling rig, different to the

semi submersible. Instead of floating over its As the name suggests this is a ship
drilling location the Jackup has long leg shaped drilling vessel. Unlike the semi-
structures, which it lowers to and into the submersible and the Jackup, it does
sea bed raising the rig out of the water. The not require tugboats to tow it to
obvious limitation with this type of location. Although they are not as
installation is the depth of water it can stable as semi submersibles they also
operate in. The maximum being five hundred drill in very deep waters.
feet. Surprisingly, many marine oil fields are
not too deep for this type of installation to
operate.
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 Floating Production
& Storage Units Flotels

They are usually converted tankers or

purpose built units although semi-
submersibles have also been used. This is usually a converted semi
They are attached to a seabed well submersible. It is attached to a
head and they produce and store the platform by a long gangway to
oil until another tanker takes it from provide extra accommodation.
them. They are used to produce from This, along with the usual
small wells where it would be too leisure and catering facilities, is
expensive to build a platform. their only task. They do have a
marine crew in charge of
FPSO - Floating Production Storage and Off-loading
stabilizing the installation.
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