Anatomy of an Offshore Oil Rig. ... A top-drive motor in the 160-foot derrick can apply 25,000 foot-pounds of torque to the drill string. The rig can drill through 20,000 feet of rock. 2.

Long before offshore oil rigs are put together, much less sent out into the open ocean, they're expertly designed. Schematics are drawn up, and in many cases, engineers will take these plans and ...

Derrick Services Ltd has acquired Offshore Handling Systems Inc. of Houston. OHS are manufacturers of Pipe, BOP and Riser Handling & Lifting Systems and have an established track record in the ...

Derrick Equipment, a division of Derrick and STEP Offshore, a wholly‐owned subsidiary of Aker Solutions, announced an exclusive distribution agreement, effective immediately, that gives STEP ...

Any offshore oil rig that extends past 1500 meters is considered to be an ultra-deepwater production facility. However, that's still nowhere close to the deepest man has explored in the ocean.

Offshore drilling has come a long way since the wharf-based rigs of the late 1800s, giving oil companies an arsenal of options for tapping deep-sea deposits. Skip to content Menu ...

SACRAMENTO — Alarmed by damage caused by a major oil spill off the Huntington Beach coast in October, an Orange County legislator on Wednesday introduced a bill to end offshore oil production ...

Offshore oil rigs are like small towns out on the water. Here's how many people you can expect to find out there, and how long they stay before a break.

Offshore Rig Builders Face New Reality By Irina Slav - Apr 09, 2018, 5:00 PM CDT Last week Total announced that it was deploying the first offshore robots at a North Sea platform to test them as ...

Rental rates for offshore oil and gas rigs have rocketed higher, boosted by a race to lift production because of the war in Ukraine and a recovery in demand after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Any offshore oil rig that extends past 1500 meters is considered to be an ultra-deepwater production facility. However, that's still nowhere close to the deepest man has explored in the ocean.