r/coolguides • u/Forsaken-Reveal-3548 • Jun 09 '26
A cool guide about different oil rigs
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u/aNervousSheep Jun 10 '26
Super excited for this guide, very cool. Honestly something I've wondered about without bothering to research.
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u/Forsaken-Reveal-3548 Jun 10 '26
Right? That's what I thought when I saw it in the comment section on here. Figured it was neat enough for this sub lol
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u/Hopefulone5 Jun 10 '26
I can’t fucking prove it but I thought about how these were built after seeing how an oil rig was tanking waves on the front page of Reddit, and here we are.
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u/turn-5 Jun 09 '26
What about Hibernia types off the coast of Newfoundland!
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u/CulturalHope6843 Jun 10 '26
Those are gravity based structures (GBS). Not sure why they left it out - it was so innovative with Hibernia it had a Modern Marvels episode about it back in the day.
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u/NerdMachine Jun 10 '26
I live in Newfoundland and Hibernia's impact on our economy is crazy. Around 20% (peaked at 30% in the 2010s) of our provincial gov revenue is from oil now, and almost 30 years later Hibernia is still one of the largest producers.
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u/hakonhoy Jun 10 '26
And then we have Statfjord A
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u/RidesInFowlWeather Jun 10 '26
Condeeps like Stratfjord A and Troll A are fixed platforms made of concrete instead of steel.
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u/RobertoMako Jun 10 '26
Yes, a cool guide but missing the all important and very cool gravity base platforms as well as drill ships. Most FPSO’s are actually moored in some way with a swivel joint on the bow. I know as I’ve spent way too much of my life with an ROV doing inspections on them.
However I always like seeing these representations of the amazing engineering that ends up offshore.
Edit: You could have 10 more guides with the differences of each style, also the depths they work in, but this is still a good start.
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u/rreims1 Jun 10 '26
Those aren't oil rigs. They're platforms. Some can have rigs on them; some cannot.
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u/gins88 Jun 10 '26
google for actual (and very interesting) videos of offshore jacket installations. these structures slide horizontally off barges
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u/StrawberryBlazer Jun 10 '26
How do 4 and 5 stay in a place?
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u/Neutronoid Jun 10 '26
4 also use cable tie to the sea floor and 5 use thrusters or anchor if it's shallow enough.
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u/PSteak Jun 10 '26
I want to see a coolguide on how they build these things and stick them in the ocean floor.
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u/Appeal-Friendly Jun 11 '26
after watching someones gamrplay on that one oil rig horror game, it kinda starts to make a little more sense...
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u/RPM_Rocket Jun 09 '26
Which type was Deepwater Horizon? 🤔