Cognac deep water fixed, multi-well offshore oil and gas drilling and production platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the SE coast of Louisiana.
Installed in 1978 in 1,025 feet of water, the Cognac platform became famous as the world’s deepest water platform and the world’s tallest and heaviest steel offshore structure – taller than the Empire State Building. During its peak production year in 1983, Cognac produced 83,000 barrels oil per day (over $7 million per day) and 128 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. An offshore drilling fixed platform is a structure used in offshore drilling operations to extract oil or gas from beneath the seabed. These platforms are anchored to the seabed and remain stationary during drilling operations. They are typically used in relatively shallow waters, although they can also be found in deeper waters depending on the technology used. Fixed platforms consist of a deck supported by steel or concrete legs that extend down to the seabed. They provide a stable platform for drilling equipment, living quarters for workers, and facilities for processing and storing extracted oil or gas. The platform may also include helipads for transportation to and from the site, as well as safety and emergency systems to protect workers and the environment. A multi-hole oil drilling rig is a type of drilling rig used in the oil and gas industry to drill multiple wells from a single location. Traditional drilling rigs typically drill one well at a time, but multi-hole rigs are designed to drill several wells from the same surface location, which can improve efficiency and reduce costs. These rigs are equipped with advanced drilling technologies that allow them to drill multiple wellbores in different directions and at different depths from a central pad. This can be particularly useful in areas where there are multiple oil or gas reservoirs located at varying depths or directions. Multi-hole drilling rigs are often used in shale gas or tight oil formations where horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques are commonly employed to extract hydrocarbons from hard rock.
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Location: Located about 105 mi southeast of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico's Mississippi Canyon.
Photo credit: © Douglas Bryant / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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