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Here are some shots from a deepwater rig in the gulf of mexico. Typically the rigs are evacuated, but this one actually moved quickly. They did evacuate non-essential personal. They also evacuated all the older continental shelf rigs. I did hear of one jackup in South Timbalier 120's capsizing.
Excuse my ignorance but we dont have those on the east coast of Florida. Do you notice when the waves come up and get rough? I would imagine the wind would have some affect on the structure. What wind speed are they designed to handle and how tall of a wave would it take to actually reach the rig and cause concern?
The pictures were taken from a "floating" rig. It rises 100'+/- out of the water. I've never been on one, but I'm sure it rocks when it gets rough. The are designed to survive hurricanes.
what are the "" around floating for? it really floats? just moored?
It's floating because it's in a couple thousand feet of water. It's moored using sevearl anchors. The "rope" used for the anchors is a very thich "spectra braid" type material.
The blue color of that water is cool. I was keeping up with all the bouys as Ida passed through, the highest wave height I noticed was about 24', with 50 knot gusts. I'd say those are about 10-15 footers?
The pictures were taken from a "floating" rig. It rises 100'+/- out of the water. I've never been on one, but I'm sure it rocks when it gets rough. The are designed to survive hurricanes.
The main deck is about 100' above water. The underside of the main deck is maybe 80' above the water line.
The specifications vary by design. The typical offshore floating drilling rig is designed to survive 100 knot winds with 100 ft waves. "Survive" means the rig has stopped drilling and has gotten ready as best possible for the storm. If the storm has winds and waves at this level the rig is typically evacuated.
Us Gulf floating rigs went thru worse in 2005 and survived. About 10 jackups did not survive the 2005 hurricanes.
Hurricane Ida Pics
