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While a security threat is seen as "any unlawful interference with offshore oil and gas operations or an act of violence directed towards offshore installations", there are several ways of how to classify the various threats facing offshore installations. The most comprehensive and encyclopedic compilation is Dr. Mikhail Kashubsky in his 2016 book.
Comparison of deepwater semi-submersible (left) and drillship (right) A semi-submersible platform is a specialised marine vessel used in offshore roles including as offshore drilling rigs, safety vessels, oil production platforms, and heavy lift cranes. They have good ship stability and seakeeping, better than drillships.
Normally unmanned installation. A Normally Unmanned (or Unattended) Installation (NUI) is a type of automated offshore Oil/Gas platform designed to be primarily operated remotely, without the constant presence of personnel. These generally were characterized by their small size, often consisting of just a well bay with a helipad on top.
Drilling rig; 2. Rock layers; 3. Oil rigs; 4. Oil and natural gas. Oil platform Mittelplate in the N. An oil platform (also called an oil rig, offshore platform, oil production platform, etc.) is a large structure with facilities to extract and process petroleum and natural gas that lie in rock formations beneath the seabed.
API well number. An API well number or API number is a "unique, permanent, numeric identifier" assigned to each well drilled for oil and gas in the United States. [ 1] The API number is one of many industry standards established by the American Petroleum Institute. Custody of the API Number standard was transferred in 2010 to the PPDM Association .
A tension-leg platform ( TLP) or extended tension leg platform ( ETLP) is a vertically moored floating structure normally used for the offshore production of oil or gas, and is particularly suited for water depths greater than 300 metres (about 1000 ft) and less than 1500 metres (about 4900 ft). Use of tension-leg platforms has also been ...
From 1954 to 2023, federal offshore tracts produced 21.4 billion barrels (3.4 × 10 9 m 3) of oil and 195 trillion cubic feet (5.5 × 10 12 m 3) of natural gas. In recent years, the Gulf of Mexico alone accounted for about 15% of all domestic oil production and 2% of domestic natural gas production. Despite some fluctuations due to new deep ...
The Surveillance Camera Code of Practice is a code of practice devoted to the operation of CCTV systems in the United Kingdom particularly in England and Wales. It was introduced under Section 30 (1) (a) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. This code of practice was established in response to growing concerns regarding the potential abuse or ...