A fixed platform is a type of offshore platform used for the extraction of petroleum or gas. 🛢️ These platforms are built on concrete and/or steel legs anchored directly onto the seabed, supporting a deck with space for drilling rigs, production facilities and crew quarters. 🏗️ Such platforms are, by virtue of their immobility, designed for very long-term use. ⌛️ Various types of structure are used, steel jacket, concrete caisson, floating steel and even floating concrete. #OffshorePlatform #PetroleumExtraction #EngineeringMarvel
Steel jackets are vertical sections made of tubular steel members, and are usually piled into the seabed. 🏗️ #EngineeringMarvels #UnderwaterStructures
Fixed platforms are economically feasible for installation in water depths up to about 500 feet (150 m); for deeper depths a floating production system, or a subsea pipeline to land or to shallower water depths for processing, would usually be considered 🌊. #OilAndGas #Energy #Engineering
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