 Thunder Horse semi-submersible platform, July 2005 |
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|---|---|
| Name: | Thunder Horse PDQ |
| Owner: | BP plc |
| Operator: | BP plc (75%) ExxonMobil (25%) |
| Port of registry: |  United States |
| Builder: | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo, South Korea |
| Cost: | US$5 billion |
| Laid down: | 19 May 2003 |
| Launched: | 2004 |
| Completed: | 2005 |
| In service: | First oil June 2008 |
| Identification: | ABS class no.: 07113112 Call sign: WPXF501 MMSI no.: 3660478 |
| Status: | Operational 28°06′33″N 88°29′40″W / 28.1091°N 88.4944°WCoordinates: 28°06′33″N 88°29′40″W / 28.1091°N 88.4944°W |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | ABS: A1, column stabilized unit, floating offshore installation (FOI) |
| Tonnage: | 59,500 tonnes (65,600 tons) |
| Displacement: | 130,000 tonnes (140,000 tons) |
| Length: | 136 m (446 ft) |
| Beam: | 112 m (367 ft) |
| Draught: | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Deck clearance: | 17.5 m (57 ft) |
| Installed power: | 90 MW |
| Capacity: | Diesel fuel: 2,181.6 m3 (77,040 cu ft) Potable water: 2,926.1 m3 (103,330 cu ft) Lube oil: 549.5 m3 (19,410 cu ft) Ballast tank: 54,662.4 m3 (1,930,380 cu ft) |
| Crew: | 298 |
| Notes: | [1][2][3] |
Thunder Horse PDQ is a BP plc and ExxonMobil joint venture semi-submersible oil platform on location over the Mississippi Canyon Thunder Horse oil field (Block 778/822), in deepwater Gulf of Mexico, 150 miles (240 km) southeast of New Orleans, moored in waters of 1,840 metres (6,040 ft).[4] The "PDQ" identifies the platform as being a production drilling facility with crew quarters.
Thunder Horse PDQ is the largest offshore installation of its kind in the world. The vessel's hull was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Okpo, South Korea, then loaded aboard the heavy lift ship, MV Blue Marlin and transported to Kiewit Offshore Services in Ingleside, Texas where it was integrated with its topsides modules that were built in Morgan City, Louisiana.[5] The 15,813 nautical miles (29,286 km; 18,197 mi) journey around the Cape of Good Hope took eight weeks (63 days) from 23 July to 23 September 2004.[6] Construction costs were around US$5 billion, and the platform is expected to operate for 25 years.[7]
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Hurricane Dennis [link]
Thunder Horse PDQ was evacuated with the approach of Hurricane Dennis in July 2005. After the hurricane passed, the platform fell into a 20 degree list and was in danger of foundering.[8]
The platform was designed for a 100 year event, and inspection teams found no hull damage, and no water was taken on from a leak through its hull. Rather, an incorrectly plumbed 6-inch length of pipe allowed water to flow freely among several ballast tanks that set forth a chain of events causing the platform to tip into the water.[9][10] The platform was fully righted about a week after Dennis, delaying commercial production initially scheduled for late 2005.[11] During repairs, it was discovered that the underwater manifold was severely cracked due to poorly welded pipes. An engineering consultant, Gordon Aaker, said that the cracked manifold could have caused a catastrophic oil spill.[12]
The platform took a nearly direct hit six weeks later from Hurricane Katrina, but was undamaged.
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References [link]
- ^ "Thunder Horse Field Fact Sheet". BP. 12 August 2009. https://www.bp.com/IntermediateSearchAction.do?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffanyv88.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fwww.bp.com%2Fliveassets%2Fbp_internet%2Fglobalbp%2FSTAGING%2Fglobal_assets%2Fdownloads%2FA%2Fabp_us_thunder_horse_fact_sheet_081209.pdf&kw=Thunder+Horse¤tPage=1&scope=Site&resultNumber=6&type=search&Host=https://www.bp.com&homeId=1. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ "Thunder Horse Field, Gulf of Mexico, USA". Offshore-Technology. 2010. https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/crazy_horse/. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "ABS Record: Thunder Horse". American Bureau of Shipping. 8 February 2010. https://www.eagle.org/safenet/record/record_vesseldetailsprinparticular?Classno=07113112. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ^ "Thunder Horse Back on Course". Offshore-Technology. 1 March 2006. https://www.offshore-technology.com/features/feature582/. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Dockwise Delivers Thunder Horse PDQ to Corpus Christi". Rigzone. September 24, 2004. https://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=16673. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Projects: Thunder Horse PDQ". Dockwise Ltd.. 2010. https://www.dockwise.com/page/projects/projectdata.html. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ Corsi, Jerome R. (November 10, 2005). "Thunder Horse in the Gulf". WorldNetDaily. https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47336. Retrieved 2009-05-11.[unreliable source?]
- ^ Malcolm Moore (26 October 2005). "Human error felled Gulf rig, admits BP". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2924637/Human-error-felled-Gulf-rig-admits-BP.html. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "GVA 4000 Thunderhorse". GVA. 2010. https://www.gvac.se/thunder-horse/. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ David Greising (Monday, 28 May 2007). "Troubles Run Deep on Gulf Oil Platform". RedOrbit. https://www.redorbit.com/news/science/948325/troubles_run_deep_on_gulf_oil_platform/index.html. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ Benoit Faucon (Tuesday, July 26, 2005). "BP CEO: Thunder Horse 2005 Start 'Unlikely'". Rigzone. https://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=24067. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ Sarah Lyall (12 Kuly 2010). "In BP’s Record, a History of Boldness and Costly Blunders". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/business/energy-environment/13bprisk.html. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
External links [link]
- Thunder Horse Project images, maps and diagrams at SubSeaIQ
- Thunder Horse & Blue Marlin on YouTube
- Thunder Horse BP's deepwater drilling platform
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