Introduction to Ocean &

Coastal Engineering
 Offshore Structures
     

•Drilling rigs: Exploration of oil and gas

Stay in a place for a few months (Mobil or movable) 
- Jack-up drilling rig
- MODU (Mobil Offshore Drilling Unit)
   
• Production platforms: Production of oil and gas
Stay in a place for at least a few years (usually 20 -30 years)
- Ground-base structure ( <500~800 m)
- Floating Structures (> 800 m)

 
Fig. 3-2
Example of
jack-up
drilling rig

Legs are
retractable
Fig. 3-3
A semi-
submersible
Drilling Rig

•Mooring
system

•or Dynamic
positioning
DP -
Dynamic Positioning
Fig. 3-5

Steel Jacket
Platform in 20 –
200 m waters

< 500 m

Cannot be
moved
OFFSHORE PLATFORM
Fig. 3-6

Concrete
Gravity
Structure
OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
OFFSHORE PRODUCTION &
DRILLING
• AUGER TLP • OCEAN CLIPPER
 OFFSHORE PLATFORM
• SPAR • FIXED JACKETED
DRILLING RIG & SPAR
Articulated Tower

Fig. 3-10 pp56

New version
Fig. 12 pp61
Single Anchor Leg Mooring
System

Fig. 3-11 pp56

New Version
Fig.13 pp62