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What is an offshore platform and how is it different an onshore drilling rig?
An offshore platform is a structure that is installed over as group of wells that was drilled by an offshore drilling rig. The function of the platform is to produce the oil from these wells. A platform can be mounted to the seabed or could be a floating type platform. Offshore drilling rigs are for drilling the wells and are mobile and moved from area to area. Onshore drilling rigs are mobile units too and are moved from pad to pad for drilling and exploration. After a well is drilled onshore, a wellhead is installed on the well. There is no need for a platform as this only economically viable in offshore applications. There have been cases where an offshore well was drilled from land into the sea, but operated from land. This can only be possible if the oil formation is not too far offshore.
What was the name of the oil rig that drilled Spindletop?
The drilling rig was not given a name but is simply referred to as "the Spindle top drilling rig".
What is an oil rig operator?
Oil rig operators run and manage an installation. The acreage of land that the oil reservoir resides is owned (leased) by the Oil Company. The Oil Company will pay a Drilling Contractor to drill the reservoir. The Drilling Contractor will own the drilling rig and will be the Rig Operator. The Oil Company will also employ Service Companies to perform certain functions on the rig during drilling. With a drilled and completed well the Oil Company may develop the location and install a Platform (if offshore) to produce numerous wells. The Oil Company may operate the platform itself or employ an Operating Company to manage the platform and production. Again, Service Companies may be employed to carry out remedial work on the oil wells from the platform.
What is rig count?
Rig count is the record of all active rig exploring for or drilling of petroleum or natural gas around the world. it is publish on weekly or monthly basis.
What is slack off weight on a drilling rig?
Weight of drill string while going in the well
What is onshore and offshore petroleum exploration?
Petroleum exploration is where a rig or ship is used to drill into the earth or seabed to locate oil reserves. For offshore exploration a drill ship, jack-up drilling rig or floating drilling rig can be used. For onshore applications mobile drilling rig is used.
Can you visit offshore rig and am on single entry visa?
can I visit the offshore oil and gas drilling rigs and am on a single entry visa
Drilling rig jobs for entry level?
50k per year offshore gulf of Mexico
What kind of oil rig was it?
If you are referring to the rig that suffered the major oil spill on April 10, 2010, it was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore oil drilling rig, named the Deepwater Horizon. Simply called a drilling rig.
What is an offshore platform and how is it different an onshore drilling rig?
An offshore platform is a structure that is installed over as group of wells that was drilled by an offshore drilling rig. The function of the platform is to produce the oil from these wells. A platform can be mounted to the seabed or could be a floating type platform. Offshore drilling rigs are for drilling the wells and are mobile and moved from area to area. Onshore drilling rigs are mobile units too and are moved from pad to pad for drilling and exploration. After a well is drilled onshore, a wellhead is installed on the well. There is no need for a platform as this only economically viable in offshore applications. There have been cases where an offshore well was drilled from land into the sea, but operated from land. This can only be possible if the oil formation is not too far offshore.
How many offshore oil rigs are there?
By offshore oil rigs, I assume you mean "drilling rigs." A production platform is not a drilling rig, but it might have a drill rig (called a platform rig) in place on it from time to time to service the wells that have already been drilled. There are 454 "jack-ups", whose long truss like legs are lowered until they reach the seabed, and the deck is lefted highter to provide a stable base from which to drill In addition, there are 234 floating drilling rigs that operate in water too deep for conventional. Answer: 688 total.
About how many people are on an oil rig at a time?
Depends on rig size and type. Offshore Drilling Rigs (Semis', Jack-Ups, TLP, Ships) generally have 80 to 140.
How much does a Drill Rig Operator make?
At the offshore drilling company I work for, AD's are now making between 90k and 100k a year
What was the name of the oil rig that drilled Spindletop?
The drilling rig was not given a name but is simply referred to as "the Spindle top drilling rig".
What is the function of a company man in an offshore drilling rig?
The company man on an offshore drilling rig has the responsibility to supervise the execution of the approved drilling program, including all revisions made by drilling engineers. He is the top representative of the oil company which has hired or contracted other companies to drill the well. In the case of the BP oil spill, BP contracted Transocean for the rig and drilling of the well. BP contracted Halliburton to cement in the well. Each of these contractor companies keep the company man informed of what they are doing, and if they have problems, the company man must be informed and has final approval authority. In BP's case, and generally in most drilling operations, there is a morning meeting between the rig and the land based office, where the days activities are discussed. In BP's case, if the company man asks one of the contracting companies to do something not agreed upon or considered unsafe, the contracting company can refuse. The company man has many administrative activities, including compliance to all legal and safety regulations. In this regard, he works very closely with the Offshore Installation Manager, who is the drilling contractor's top manager. Finally, there are two company men onboard an offshore rig at all times, one for the day shift and one for the evening shift.
What are the jobs on oil ship container?
Do you actually know what an oil-rig is? The term oil rig is used by those interested in finding oil-rig-jobs within the offshore oil industry without understanding how generic the term is. The offshore oil industry includes many operations and oil related functions and all offer offshore employment opportunities There are production platforms, there are DP drill ships, DP and Anchored Drilling Semi-submersibles, Jackup Drilling Rigs, Drilling Tenders and barges, Floating Production, Storage, Offtake Vessels (FPSO's), Dive Support Vessels, Pipe Layers, Seismic Survey Vessels, Standby Vessels, Crane Barges, Offshore Supply Vessels, Anchor Handlers, Rock and Stone Dumpers and a few other specilaist offshore vessels as well.
What is the phone number of the Offshore Rig Museum in Houston Texas?
The phone number of the Offshore Rig Museum is: 409-766-7827.
