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 ...

Offshore building oil rigs, wind farms and other offshore structures: Introduction In the global world of offshore construction, the task of building an offshore oil rig or wind farm is a colossal ...

Offshore drilling has come a long way since the wharf-based rigs of the late 1800s, giving oil ... oil discovery to justify their construction. Jack-Up Rig . For smaller, shallower offshore oil ...

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 ...

Long a scourge to environmentalists, California’s offshore oil rigs may be transformed into ecological trophies. A dozen or more of the state’s 27 offshore platforms could be decommissioned in ...

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 ...