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Offshore Rig Types

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The decision to use a platform rig should be made prior to the design of the platform. This decision would be influenced by size of field, depth of production, radius of drainage of platform, volume of production, availability of rigs and water depth.

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Austin, E.H. (1983). Offshore Rig Types. In: Drilling Engineering Handbook. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7261-2_6

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