Americans (and those around the world) have witnessed on television, on the Internet and in news reports, the tragedy that occurred this week off of the Louisiana coast. What really do we know about oil platforms, also called oil rigs?
Transocean apparently owned the oil platform we have learned about and watched this week. This particular oil platform was called
Deepwater Horizon, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard, Ulsan, South Korea in 2001. It was described as a semi-submersable oil drilling rig. It was flying the flag of Marshall Islands. This oil platform was a 5th Generation Deepwater, Reading & Bates Falcon RBS8D design, semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 8,000 ft (upgradeable to 10,000 ft) using 18¾in 15,000 psi BOP and 21in OD marine riser. This Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) was leased to BP Exploration and Production (BPEP). It cost $350 million to build, $600 million to replace, today. BPEP was paying $0.5 million per day in fees.
The Transocean website lists a total of 14 oil platforms currently in the Gulf of Mexico: Cajun Express, Deepwater Horizon, Deepwater Nautilus, Development Driller III, Discoverer Americas, Discoverer Clear Leader, Discoverer Deep Seas, Discoverer Enterprise, Discoverer Spirit, GSF C.R. Luigs, GSF Development Driller I, GSF Development Driller II, Transocean Amirante, and the Transocean Marianas. Transocean lists 134 oil platforms worldwide in
their fleet.
Transocean apparently owned the oil platform we have learned about and watched this week. This particular oil platform was called Deepwater Horizon, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard, Ulsan, South Korea in 2001. It was described as a semi-submersable oil drilling rig. It was flying the flag of Marshall Islands. This oil platform was a 5th Generation Deepwater, Reading & Bates Falcon RBS8D design, semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 8,000 ft (upgradeable to 10,000 ft) using 18¾in 15,000 psi BOP and 21in OD marine riser. This Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) was leased to BP Exploration and Production (BPEP). It cost $350 million to build, $600 million to replace, today. BPEP was paying $0.5 million per day in fees.
The Transocean website lists a total of 14 oil platforms currently in the Gulf of Mexico: Cajun Express, Deepwater Horizon, Deepwater Nautilus, Development Driller III, Discoverer Americas, Discoverer Clear Leader, Discoverer Deep Seas, Discoverer Enterprise, Discoverer Spirit, GSF C.R. Luigs, GSF Development Driller I, GSF Development Driller II, Transocean Amirante, and the Transocean Marianas. Transocean lists 134 oil platforms worldwide in their fleet.
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