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Offshore Oil Rigs and Platforms
Offshore oil rigs and platforms are enormous structures set up in the middle of oceans and lakes to drill beneath the earth's surface for crude oil. Ask questions about rigs and platforms — some of the largest movable man-made structures in the world — in this category.
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What is an ERP and how is it useful to any company when implemented?
Short for Enterprise Resource Planning software. ERP software aids and controls the ERP management system, which is a system that integrates and automates all facets of business operations. This includes planning, manufacturing, and sales, while more recent ERP software products encompass marketing, inventory control, order tracking, customer service, finance and human resources as well.
Answer:
ERP - Enterprise resource planning is a company-wide computer software system used to manage and coordinate all the resources, information, and functions of a business from shared data stored.
It is an electronic resource planning of an enterprise. It is useful as it saves lots of time of every individual within the enterprise. It is highly safe as data is protected in a particular server. Only individuals authorized to edit and save any data within the ERP system can do it and rest cannot.
It is a fast electronic data processing program. Enterprises are benefited with it in many ways as mentioned above.
How much money does a paramedic on the offshore oil rigs earn?
One example:
July 2008 - $325/day (Gulf of Mexico, Texas)
Where are Gas and oil rigs in gulf of Mexico?
The oil rigs are clustered around the gulf of Mexico, extracting oil from under the sea floor.
Would you tell me 10 things made from crude oil?
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- There is little need to take such natural resources from the ocean water.
- Oil corporates are falsely advertising an oil shortage in order to expand their drilling operations.
- The potential oil to be found is worth the capital investments needed to extract it.
- The possible harm to the balance of nature is more important than a gain in energy.
- Coal is a preferable resource to oil
You know when you see all of the pretty white sand beaches in the brochures for tropical places and you'd kill just to go there? Yeah, well imagine all of those pretty coral reefs, the happy little sparkly tropical fish, and all of the magnificent sea turtles, dolphins, and the animals of this deep blue sea...gone. The relaxing clear water and the white sugar like sand completely black. It's like when you're in a parking lot on a rainy day and you see all of the pretty little swirly rainbow patterns in the puddles, yeah, sure, they're pretty, but only for a moment. Imagine that oil pattern over the ocean. If you're still not convinced tht offshore drilling is bad, think of the health hazards! no surfing, boogie boarding, or skim boarding for the world, and you can kiss relaxing on the waves goodbye. Yeah, Ok, the gas prices will go down but we can ride bikes too you know. We're really selfish sometimes, us Americans.
How long do you stay in an oil rig?
The rotations in the Gulf of Mexico, are generally 2 weeks on/ 2 weeks off. It might actually be 15 days on, 13 days off, given the overlap necessary. Overseas, a 28/28 day rotation is common. People may return to their home country on their time off, paid for by the contractor.
What pros are there for offshore drilling?
Pros of Deep-Water Offshore Oil Drilling:
1. Deep-water offshore oil drilling will result in greater domestic production. More offshore drilling will lead to greater domestic oil production and less reliance on imported oil, much of which comes from politically unstable regions.
2. An increased supply of oil will lower gasoline prices. Offshore drilling will increase the supply of oil, resulting in lower gasoline prices.
3. The state will benefit, as increased drilling results in increased governmental revenues, via royalties. Opening restricted areas to offshore oil production will generate billions in state and federal revenues through royalties.
4. Improvements have been made to technology and are being made to technology in order to lower the rate of oil spills and the risk of environmental hazards. There has been a lower occurrence of oil spills in the last four decades. Technologies are being developed in order for oil drilling to be done without damaging the environment and/or disturbing the plant and animal habitats.
5. The field of deep-water offshore drilling creates jobs for America's workers. Drilling itself and development of land after the process will help in engaging people, thus creating jobs for hundreds of citizens.
Cons of Deep-Water Offshore Oil Drilling:
1. The oil found in offshore oil drilling barely reduces the United States' dependence on foreign oil imports. The US requires approximately 8 billion barrels of oil per year to meet its current needs; deep-water offshore drilling, in its conventional form, is expected to bring in only 18 billion barrels total.
2. Offshore oil drilling will not guarantee lower gas prices. Gas prices are affected by too many other variables to assume that changing one factor will significantly change the result.
3. Offshore drilling results in oil spills.
3a. Deep-water offshore drilling is associated with oil spills; both major and minor oil spills harm the surrounding environment greatly. Spills most often occur when oil is being transported to land via oil tanker, but damaged pipelines or the platform itself may also cause spills. Such spills are a massive drain on both resources and energy, as well as a real and pressing danger to the environment.
3b. Oil spills, despite improved technologies, are still common and predicted occurrences. At current extraction rates, it is predicted that in the Gulf of Mexico there will be one oil spill per year of no less than 1000 barrels over the next 40 years.
4. Offshore drilling is challenging to keep up, as it requires keeping manned facilities above water and disposing of oil rigs is costly. Challenges include the scale of construction required for functional facilities and the need for facilities located in the water where the oil would be extracted from sand, which would demand extra funds and efforts. Removing platforms and pipelines no longer in use is extremely costly.
5. Carbon emissions will increase. Expanded offshore drilling will not reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, which contributes to warmer global temperatures.
What is life like on a deep sea oil rig?
It is different. A offshore rig worker works on a rotational schedule. Generally, work is a straight 14 day hitch. In many foreign countries, a common hitch is 28 days. This would be called a 28/28, as you get 28 days of work and 28 days off work. The company pays for your transportation from your home base to the rig site.
There are no holidays. Hours are long. Accomodations are cramped.
For every job on a rig, there has to be two people, typically a day shift person and a night shift person. Bringing alcohol aboard a rig is prohibited. There may be special smoking rooms. All rigs have workout rooms.
Life means missing special occasions with friends and family. The internet and the many forms of communication helps greatly in this manner.
Work hours may exceed 12 hours, but you don't have to worry about meals, laundry or a commuting to work, so it doesn't seem that hard.
I've included a link on offshore life.
What happened to the people who were on the oil rig?
If your question is about the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, there are 11 workers missing and presumed dead, 17 injured, and almost 100 other workers safely evacuated from the drilling platform.
How does an oil rig stand on the sea bed?
They are fabricated on land. Typically they mobilized (moved) to location by barges. A jackup rig may be assembled in pieces, with the jacket or the rig structure being installed first, and then the topsides (all housing and equipment that rests on the structure) is installed second, by large cranes. See related link.
A semi-submersible, like the Deepwater Horizon, may be towed by tugboats to its location. See second related link.
How do you extract oil from the sea?
I am by no means a qualified expert in the oilfield. I do provide instrumentation on drilling rigs though and here alot about all aspects. I can some it up quickly I believe.....Oil is generally locked up in sand type material. This is carbon remains from very old life years ago. Drilling rigs are contracted by operators such as your favorite gasoline company. The drilling rig is told how they wish to drill a hole into the ground at usually around $100k per day here in the Gulf. There are MANY people involved in this process requiring real time data on their holes activity. Many job related specialists are on location inspecting drilling fluids and rock formations underground. Once they reach to belive their target depth there are tests performed to see is their "hole" is production worthy. Many holes are not, leaving the operator with millions of dollars to account for an empty hole....it is nothing more than an empty hole. The holes here on the east (GulfCoast north to New York) run from 4000 feet to 26000 feet depending on location. Production pipe is run from the well to a storage well or production facility. There are many storage wells capable of holding tremendous amounts of oil and gas underground....probably near where you live. Its a fascinating job at times.....sorry I pasted a wall and didnt truly answer your question.
There was zero evidence that Captain Hazelwood was drunk during his time on the ship. He was not on duty during the collision either. The Third Mate was guiding the ship on autopilot.
The main cause according to the NTSB was the failure to repair the sonar that would have told the helmsman and third mate that the reef was coming up. There is no mention of alcohol being a factor in any NTSB report.
The ship ran aground and the rocks punctured the hull of the ship.
1. Sonar that should have been working was not.
2. The ship was taking a shortcut through very shallow waters with the Capt. downstairs and the needed equipment not functioning. (Sonar)
3. Cheap construction of the ship reducing a margin of safety. They used a single hull system to lower cost. This meant no protection for a single puncture. Double hull laws were soon enacted by the US after this disaster in hopes of preventing or reducing further oil disasters.
How often do oil rigs explode?
One a while not often depends what happens like a methane bubble can escape and explode or something like that there's other reason this happens it wasn't intentional if not agreed improve what I have stated
Why are we doing offshore drilling?
Oil companies always need to explore for new sources of petroleum. Otherwise, they would run out of oil to sell. The most accessible oil fields in the US were drilled and produced many years ago, in particular Pennsylvania and Texas.
Now, to satisfy the demand for oil, the industry is exploring in much less accessible areas, such as deepwater areas of the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, Angola, and China. Also, the artic area of Alaska is considered to have considerable hydrocarbon resources.
You can find many references on the internet by searching under peak oil, offshore drilling, and semi-submersibles rigs.
Why did the bp oil rig explode?
There were several explosions and the rig collapsed and sank. It is located at the bottom of the ocean. It sank to one side, and it is located over 1,000 ft from the wellhead, blow out preventers and marine riser. The marine riser disconnected from the rig and dropped to the sea floor. The oil initially was leaking from three locations: (1) A tear in he marine riser as it came out of the blow out preventer (2) the marine riser lying on the sea floor and (3) the drill pipe lying on the sea floor. Using the ROV's, a shut off valve was placed over the third leak.
How many were killed during the most recent oil rig explosion?
the oilf rig explosion killed 11 people and injured 17. The explosions oil flowed for over 3 months while people were desperately trying to get it clean the explosion was in the gulf of Mexico :) hope this helps :)
When can we reap the benefits if offshore drilling is allowed?
Oil, produced off the American coast, is sold on the international market at the prevailing rate for that quality of crude oil. Its buyer may be anyone.
Considering that the Islamic Republic of Iran has no oil refining capability of its own... American Gulf of Mexico oil, once refined, may in fact be going to Iranian gas tanks, since oil in fungible.
That then begs the question. How indeed, does Drill Baby Drill benefit America?
The only direct benefits are those Americans employed directly and indirectly by the drilling and production activities. Additionally, the US Treasury receives royalties for oil extracted leases issued. The American owned oil companies drilling offshore pay little or no federal taxes. This past year, Exxon got a refund.
The Deepwater Horizon that was built in 2001 in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries, she was commissioned by R&B Falcon (which later became part of TransOcean), registered in Majuro, Marshall Islands, and leased to BP plc until 2013. ...is owned by TransOcean.
TransOcean employs over 25,000 people worldwide, and has a fleet of 139 offshore drilling units and three ultra-deepwater units under construction as of April 2010. The company is based in Vernier, Switzerland, near Geneva, and it has offices in 20 countries, including major offices in Switzerland, United States, Norway, Scotland, Brazil, Indonesia and Malaysia. TransOcean positions itself as a powerful company doing the impossible based on its motto, "We're never out of our depth". The firm's website is, "deepwater.com" to emphasize its deepwater expertise, and that it owns nearly half of the 50 or so deepwater platforms in the world. It pays no US taxes.
