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	OIL RIGS
		An oil platform is a large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill and then produce oil and natural gas in the ocean.
		Depending on the circumstances, the platform may be attached to the ocean floor, consist of an artificial island, or be floating.
		A typical platform may have around thirty wellheads located on the platform and directional drilling allows reservoirs to be accessed at both different depths and at remote positions up to 5 miles (8 kilometres) from the platform.
	www.solarnavigator.net /oil_rigs.htm (2987 words)

	UKOOA - United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association - Education - For Students - Production - How Crude Oil and Gas ...
		However because floating production platforms are less able to cope with heavy storms, production is more likely to be suspended during adverse weather conditions than it would be using a fixed platform.
		An underwater wellhead is installed to produce oil and gas from these small reservoirs which is then piped back to the platform for processing and transportation to shore.
		Crude oil is naturally forced to the surface because it is under pressure in the reservoir.
	www.oilandgas.org.uk /education/students/production.htm (980 words)

	OilOnline - The Original Online Source for the Oil Industry
		It is the eighth satellite platform to be connected to Seligi A, a central processing platform complex which has pipeline connections to shore through both the Bekok C and Angsi platforms.
		Oil and gas will flow from Larut by pipelines to Kerteh, each taking different platform routes, the gas through a 98km, 8in line via Guntong D and Angsi and the crude by way of Guntong D and Tapis in a 101km, 12in line.
		Platforms operated by the company produce each day about 280,000 barrels of crude oil and condensate and 1.4bcf of gas, with PCSB a co-venturer in all but two of its 11 operated fields.
	www.oilonline.com /news/features/aog/20020426.Malaysia.8642.asp (1674 words)

	California Diving News: Easy Diving—Oil Platform Diving
		Oil platform diving is not for beginners and the faint of heart.
		Oil platforms are built with horizontal cross members at various levels at regular intervals (usually about 35 feet apart, but it depends on the individual platform).
		While the oil platforms are absolutely religious about not polluting, a number of years ago things were not as such.
	www.saintbrendan.com /cdnmar04/OilRigDiving.html (1086 words)

	ISA \| Offshore Oil Rigs Chat
		Oil companies searching for oil and gas reservoirs on the continental shelf of the U.S. coastline typically lease a 2¼-square-mile area from the U.S. government to drill for oil.
		The oil platforms are located in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 20 miles apart and operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
		These platforms are subject to the corrosive salt air of the marine environment and the full force of hurricanes.
	www.isa.org /Content/ContentGroups/InTech2/Features/2003/April20/Offshore_Oil_Rigs_Chat.htm (1836 words)

	Captain platform virtual visit.
		You are about to step onto one of the newest and most sophisticated drilling platforms in The North Sea.
		The Captain Platform sits in the Captain Field on the edge of the
		The Well Protector Platform (WPP), built in 1997, houses the accommodation block, the drilling rig and the tops of 27 wells.
	www.schoolscience.co.uk /content/4/chemistry/petroleum/captain/index.html (199 words)

	Antiterrorism Oil Platform Security for Homeland Defense: Whisprwave.com
		The oil platform infrastructure that has been created over the last 150 years is vital to our country's economy and welfare; consequently they represent a high value target for terrorists.
		Protecting the Al Basrah and Khawr Al Amaya Oil Platforms, in the Persian Gulf is a primary key to our success in stabilizing a rebuilt Iraq and the eventual withdrawal of US Troops and all Coalition Forces in a timely manner.
		The oil platforms through their foreign currency earnings support a large portion of the Iraqi economy and are vitally important to the transition of sovereign power and the return of Iraq to the world community
	www.whisprwave.com /oil-platform-security.htm (527 words)

	wcbstv.com - Gunmen Raid Oil Platform, Seize 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The workers were kidnapped late Wednesday from an anchored supply vessel at Shell's EA oil platform in shallow waters off the southern Niger Delta and taken to an unknown location, the Shell official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
		Shell workers running the EA platform have been taken hostage twice in the past year over a dispute with neighboring communities, who accuse the company of reneging on a promise to undertake development projects for their impoverished region.
		Workers were kidnapped from an anchored supply vessel at Shell's EA oil platform in shallow waters off the southern Niger Delta.
	wcbstv.com /topstories/topstories_story_012063813.html (311 words)

	Oil Platform Design and Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		VIV can affect the platform as a whole and also the "risers" or pipes which reach from the platform to the ocean floor.
		These platform types are often used in water to depths of 1,500 meters or more and are key elements in offshore exploration and drilling.
		In a typical design, the platform is a tall vertical cylinder held in place by mooring lines or tethers as shown in Figure 1.
	www.arasvo.com /platform.htm (820 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : Bombay High oil platform destroyed
		NEW DELHI: In one of the worst disasters in the history of India's petroleum industry, an entire offshore oil platform in the Bombay High area was gutted on Wednesday.
		Oil production from the platform is estimated at 100,000 barrels a day or five million tonnes a year.
		Oil industry experts say the last serious accident occurred in the 1980s when an offshore platform caught fire and had to be sold for scrap.
	www.hindu.com /2005/07/28/stories/2005072818230100.htm (495 words)

	Oil platform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		image:oil platform.jpg Generally, oil platforms are located on the continental shelf though as technology improves, drilling and production in ever deeper waters becomes both feasible and economic.
		A typical platform may have around thirty wellheads located on the platform and directional drilling allows reservoirs to be accessed at both different depths and at remote positions up to maybe 5 miles (8 kilometres) from the platform.
		These platforms are designed to move from place to place, and then anchor themselves by deploying the jack-like legs.
	oil-platform.kiwiki.homeip.net (992 words)

	News: Oil platform landing success for EH-101
		The Armada platform is currently serviced by Super Puma helicopters, but the landing deck on the platform proved no problem for the larger EH101.
		The successful landings on the Armada platform are the latest in a series of high profile milestones for the EH101, developed by GKN Westland Helicopters of the UK and Agusta of Italy.
		This advantage is likely to be of growing significance in the wake of oil industry mergers which may lead to the requirement for such a multi-installation capability.
	www.helis.com /news/1999/eh101oil.htm (1022 words)

	Scale-X elimates scale on offshore oil platform
		The platform which services 31 wells, 17 of which are currently producing wells, has a high water cut and the formation water has extreme scale forming properties.
		The most severe scaling points in the whole platform oil and water separation system were the outlet stand pipes on the second separation vessel (that is, the first liquid separation vessel) and the control valves immediately down stream of the stand pipe outlets.
		The fluid dynamics of the platform fluid system were not within the required operating range for magnetic fluid treatment to function.
	member.net2000.com.au /~psap/scale-x_offshore_oil_platform.htm (1576 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Ten dead in India oil field fire
		The platform, in India's most important oil field, was completely destroyed in the fire, which emergency services managed to extinguish late Wednesday.
		The platform is some 160km (100 miles) off the coast of Mumbai in the Bombay High field.
		The platform, in the Bombay High field, is run by the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and produces 100,000 barrels of oil a day.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/4721933.stm (403 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Gas leak from oil platform off SoCal triggers evacuation of crew
		OXNARD – A leak of explosive natural gas forced dozens of workers to evacuate an offshore oil platform for hours Thursday but no damage or injuries were reported.
		All oil and gas production on the platform was halted during the emergency, according to the federal Minerals Management Service, which is responsible for safety inspections of oil platforms and planned to investigate the leak.
		The platform is one of about 30 oil platforms off the California coast.
	signonsandiego.com /news/state/20041118-1526-ca-oilplatformleak.html (361 words)

	Google Sightseeing » Post Archive » Oil Platform Megapost
		The problem with finding oil platforms on Google Maps is that most of the open sea isn’t available on the higher zoom levels.
		There are two platforms that look to be in the process of being supplied by ships.
		There are actually four platforms all in a line here, you can see the other two off to the east.
	googlesightseeing.com /2006/03/13/oil-platform-megapost (671 words)

	New attacks on Shell's oil platform in Nigeria - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Shell confirmed the attack on the Benisede oil platform in the southern oil-rich Niger Delta and said some of its staff had been injured and taken to hospital.
		On Wednesday, gunmen attacked Shell's EA platform in shallow waters near the delta coast, seizing a Bulgarian, an American, a British and a Honduran.
		Violence, hostage-taking and sabotage of oil operations have been common in the oil-rich Niger Delta in the past 15 years amid demands by the region's impoverished communities for a greater share of the oil revenue flowing from their land.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20060116T210000-0500_96739_OBS_NEW_ATTACKS_ON_SHELL_S_OIL_PLATFORM_IN_NIGERIA_.asp (417 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Speedboat attack on Nigeria rig
		A Shell spokesman said five workers were injured in the attack on the Benisede oil station in Bayelsa state.
		An unknown number of attackers, as well as soldiers defending the platform, were killed, a military official said.
		Nigeria is Africa's leading oil exporter and the fifth-biggest source of US oil imports.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/4615272.stm (408 words)

	Shell: Repairs to oil platform ahead - Boston.com
		With oil at record prices and more than a fifth of the normal production in the Gulf of Mexico still blocked by hurricane damage, Shell Exploration and Production Co. said Thursday its Mars production platform will be restarted ahead of its original schedule.
		NEW ORLEANS --With oil at record prices and more than a fifth of the normal production in the Gulf of Mexico still blocked by hurricane damage, Shell Exploration and Production Co. said Thursday its Mars production platform will be restarted ahead of its original schedule.
		Originally, Shell did not expect the platform to be producing until late in 2006.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/04/20/shell_repairs_to_oil_platform_ahead (304 words)

	Fire destroys oil platform off western Indian coast, 5 dead, 45 missing - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A supply vessel and an oil rig in the region also were destroyed, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar told reporters.
		Navy and coast guard ships evacuated at least 335 people from the platform, located 100 miles (160 kilometres) off Bombay, before the fire was brought under control, Petroleum Ministry spokesman RC Joshi said.
		Reports suggested some people left the platform on lifeboats and some others were able to cross a bridge connected to another rig, Aiyar said.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20050727T220000-0500_84964_OBS_FIRE_DESTROYS_OIL_PLATFORM_OFF_WESTERN_INDIAN_COAST____DEAD_____MISSING.asp (235 words)

	Planet Ark : North Sea Oil Platform Leaks Gas, Workers Evacuated (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Helicopters lifted 180 of the 216 crew members to safety during the night from the floating Snorre A platform northwest of the port of Bergen in western Norway to nearby platforms.
		Platform operator Statoil said 36 well and drilling experts stayed behind on the platform to stabilise the well by pumping heavy drilling mud into the injection well that was still leaking gas.
		Oil and gas output from Snorre A are piped to Statoil's Statfjord A platform with crude loaded onto shuttle tankers and gas transported to continental Europe via the Statpipe/Norpipe trunkline.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/28344/story.htm (761 words)

	Types of oil rigs
		When oil or gas is located a platform may be constructed to drill further wells at that site and also to produce the hydrocarbon.
		Although some platforms can be small, most are massive compared to the other types of installations.
		It is attached to a platform by a long gangway to provide extra accommodation.
	www.rigjobs.co.uk /oil/oilrigs.shtml (403 words)

	Peak Oil News & Message Boards >> Forums >> Current Energy News >> Fire Destroys Oil Platform Off India
		A nearby support vessel in the Bombay High offshore oil field was also on fire and a chartered rig deployed in the vicinity had been abandoned, platform owner Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.
		The field was discovered by a Russian and Indian oil exploration team during the mapping of the Gulf of Cambay in 1964-1967.
		NEW DELHI, JULY 27: The collapse of the Mumbai High processing platform throttles nearly 15 per cent of the country’s crude oil output for almost six months even as the two Mumbai refineries that it feeds crude to are down for a month because of floods.
	www.peakoil.com /fortopic10435.html (2445 words)

	Singer performs record-setting undersea concert from oil platform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The concerts, watched by offshore oil crews, helped celebrate the 10th anniversary of natural gas production at the Troll A platform, about 55 miles off the coast of the western Norwegian city of Bergen.
		The 1,548-foot tall Troll A platform was towed to the offshore field in 1995, making it the largest structure humanity had ever moved.
		Statoil's platform, whose mostly underwater structure is taller than the Eiffel tower, is supported by four vast concrete legs, or shafts, on the ocean floor.
	www.azcentral.com /rsslinks/199097 (283 words)

	Peak Oil News & Message Boards >> News
		Unless this year’s harvest is unexpectedly different from six out of the last seven years, the world’s ever-decreasing number of farmers do not produce enough staple grains to feed the world’s ever-increasing number of people.
		The vehicles to pump oil from under the sea are giant offshore rigs, each as tall as a skyscraper and capable of carrying hundreds of workers, who arrive and leave by helicopter or other vessels.
		Across the board the men noted the large oil surplus proceeds flooding into the state coffers and they reiterated one after another their beliefs that the people should share in the proceeds.
	peakoil.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=19768 (1568 words)

	Peak Oil News & Message Boards >> Production; Extraction; Exploration >> Oil platform off Angolan waters testifies to ...
		ABOARD THE BENGUELA BELIZE PLATFORM, Angola The behemoth rises from the Atlantic Ocean seabed, testament to Africa's growing importance to an energy-hungry world fearful of its dependence on the explosive Middle East, and to Angola's growing importance within Africa.
		Chevron Corp.'s US$2.3 billion Benguela Belize platform, dwarfing the Statue of Liberty at 1,680 feet (512 meters), is the third such tower built in the world.
		It is the first outside of the Gulf of Mexico, and an innovation in Africa's Gulf of Guinea, where floating platforms long have held sway.
	peakoil.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=19768 (234 words)

	Fire on Mumbai high oil platform, 4 killed
		At least four persons were killed and 45 were missing as a major fire on Tuesday destroyed a big oil-drilling platform of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation off Mumbai coast, disrupting crude production from the country's biggest oil field.
		Aiyar earlier said there were 385 people on the platform when the incident took place.
		Singh condoled the deaths in the oil platform fire.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/jul/27aiyar.htm (437 words)

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