MASSIVE SEMI SPUDS ALASKAN COST

Many design features of the world's largest drilling rig are described. The Ocean Ranger, as the big semisubmersible is known, is designed primarily to allow deep water drilling under the most severe conditions. The Ranger's first well is a continental offshore stratigraphic test (COST) for Atlantic Richfield Co. The location is in 450 ft of water near Dutch Harbor, about 600 miles southwest of Anchorage. The Ocean Ranger can withstand 115-mph winds, 100-ft waves, and a 3-knot current simultaneously. It can drill at an 80 ft draft in water depths up to 1,500 ft.

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  Petroleum Publishing Company

  211 South Cheyenne, P.O. Box 1260
  Tulsa, OK  United States  75221
• Authors:
  • Moore, W D
• Publication Date: 1976-7-26

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Oil and Gas Journal
  • Volume: 74
  • Issue Number: 30
  • Publisher: PennWell Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0030-1388

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Drilling machines; Offshore drilling platforms; Offshore platforms; Offshore structures; Oil fields; Oil well drilling; Oil wells; Semisubmersibles; Structural design; Testing
• Old TRIS Terms: Marine platforms; Offshore platform design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147814
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM