Oil Platform

Types of Oil Platform

An offshore platform, often referred to as an oil platform or an oil rig, is a large structure used in offshore drilling to house workers and machinery needed to drill wells in the ocean bed, extract oil or natural gas, or both, process the produced fluids, and ship or pipe them to shore. Depending on the circumstances, the platform may be fixed to the ocean floor, may consist of an artificial island, or may float. 

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1. Conventional Fixed Platform - (up to 1500 ft)
2. Conventional Fixed Platform - (up to 1500 ft)
3. Compliant Tower Platform - (1500 to 3000 ft)
4. Vertically Moored Tension Leg Platform - (1500 to 6000 ft)
5. Mini-Tension Leg Platform - (1500 to 6000 ft)
6. Spar - (2000 to 10000 ft)
7. Semi-submersibles - (200 to 10000 ft)
8. Semi-submersibles - (200 to 10000 ft)
9. Floating production, storage, and offloading facility
10. Sub-sea completion and tie-back to host facility   

Platform Layout

• Helideck
• Lifting Frame
• Top Deck
• Upper Deck
• Main Deck
• Mezzanine Deck
• Cellar Deck
• Sub-Cellar Deck
• Sea Deck 
• Service Platform

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