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Rigs-to-Rides?

Posted in decommissioning, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on October 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Are the Saudis reading BOE?

The Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced today the launch of “THE RIG.”, a new tourism project. Inspired by offshore oil platforms, “THE RIG.” will be located in the Arabian Gulf and will span a combined total area of more than 150,000 square meters and provide a multitude of hospitality offerings, adventures, and aquatic sporting experiences.

PIF News Release

Were they inspired by this BOE exclusive?

Rigs-to-Rides
Rigs-to-Rides

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Rigs to Retirement?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on April 2, 2011| 1 Comment »

Growing demand for new offshore oil rigs, partly driven by the Gulf of Mexico spill last year, has led to a spurt of building in shipyards and raised tough questions about what to do with the old rigs. Reuters

What? Have they not looked at the Rigs-to-Reefs+++ page™ (a BOE exclusive)?

“At a certain point it just doesn’t make any sense to upgrade them or put another 5-10 million bucks into them,” said John Tasdemir, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity. “Better just to scrap them and either start over, or just do something else.”

“Do something else” is correct and there are many options!

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Important “Rigs-to-Reefs” Study Completed by UCSB

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on November 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Platform Gina - Santa Barbara Channel


The Marine Science Institute of the University of California Santa Barbara has completed a 6-year study to investigate the differences between the types of fish that live around offshore oil and gas production platforms off the coast of California and the species that inhabit natural reefs in the same geographic area.  This research strengthens and confirms observations made in previous studies. Among the important conclusions (full study linked here):

  1. There is very extensive diversity in the species assemblages around the oil and gas platforms of California. Factors driving this variability include A) location around the platform, B) geographic location of the platforms, and C) bottom depth of the platform.
  2. Around each platform, there are three, unique, fish assemblages: midwaters, bottom, and shell mound. While a suite of rockfishes (of 43 species) dominate most platform assemblages, a number of other taxa (e.g., lingcod, combfishes, sculpins, and seaperches) are also important.
  3. Midwater fish assemblages tend to be similar across platforms; there are substantial differences among those found at bottoms and shell mounds.
  4. In general, the assemblages of platforms and natural sites are different. These differences are primarily based on differences in species’ densities rather than the presence or absence of taxa.
  5. The role that habitat complexity plays in structuring platform fish assemblages should not be underestimated.

For a less scientific look at the reef effect and other uses of offshore platforms, see our Rigs-to-Reefs+++ page, a BOE exclusive! 🙂

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