AK
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I think....
I was on it for a short spell today. Pretty impressive. Shell's Perdido spar.
Over 8000ft (something like 2500m) of water to the sea bed! Hard to imagine... and not very popular out in the GoM just now I'd think!
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DannyB
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I don't think I could spend much time on anything like that, not a big fan of the sea I must admit.
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AK
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I was on it for about 1hr
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Colin
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Legs look a bit gangly
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taylorboosh
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do these sway in rough sea?
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sc0ott
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Would love to see whats at the bottom of the deepest oceons in the world
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Bart
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quote: Originally posted by Colin
Legs look a bit gangly
one would assume it almost keeps itself afloat rather than relying on those legs?
Archimedes law.
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Twiggy
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Are the steps to the sea bed? !
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oceansoul
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quote: Originally posted by Twiggy
Are the steps to the sea bed? !
I thought this too
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Matt H
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Noble are just about to drill one deeper aren't they?
Or maybe that's the deepest well from surface to drill bit, something like 23,000 ft
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Matt H
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quote: Originally posted by Bart
quote: Originally posted by Colin
Legs look a bit gangly
one would assume it almost keeps itself afloat rather than relying on those legs?
Archimedes law.
Yeah it's a bit like a fishing float, held in place with big fuck off steel cables
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Colin
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Yeah its floating structure fixed to the seabed, Similar idea to a turret on an FPSO I guess. Not sure i'd like to work/live on something that moves about, hence the sarcastic remark about the legs.
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quote: Originally posted by oceansoul
quote: Originally posted by Twiggy
Are the steps to the sea bed? !
I thought this too
I'm thinking they are fins to help keep it stable in tidal currents?
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AK
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its anchored to the seabed with chains.
Drill rig next (4km away) uses DP to stay in location... sensors on the seabed, but no physical moorings
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Gary
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How the fuck do they get it from on a boat...
To this!!?!
Crazy shit
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AK
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using cranes, lots of boats, chains, ROV's etc
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AK
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Gary
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That ting with the cranes looks like a fixed structure
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AK
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in 8000ft of water it wont be
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Adam_B
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Thats fucking awesome
When you think about it its mad that companies go through all this and we moan about having to pay £1 odd a litre for petrol. But then i guess they wouldnt do it if they didnt make any money.
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DaveyLC
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quote: Originally posted by glb
How the fuck do they get it from on a boat...
I think some sink one end of the boat to rotate it 90 degrees.
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AK
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quote: Originally posted by Adam_B
Thats fucking awesome
When you think about it its mad that companies go through all this and we moan about having to pay £1 odd a litre for petrol. But then i guess they wouldnt do it if they didnt make any money.
Oil from a well like this is VERY expensive to produce. I think its producing 130000 bpd
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Adam_B
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bpd?
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16vKarlos
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when they put it in the water, the boat has to partially sink itself, i saw this on Discovery Channel
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quote: Originally posted by Adam_B
bpd?
Barrels Per Day?
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