TN_Rifle_Junkie
Well-known member
Holy cow, I didn't expect that big of a response.
I work on an mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) for short. We have eight V-18 turbo-diesels that consume a LOT of fuel per hour when we are running at our "cruising speed" around 9 knots. The MODU i work on is a ship 767 feet long x 150 feet wide x 400 feet tall and weighs a lot due to the duel drilling derrick package on board along with the two Blow-Out Preventer "stacks". We are dsignated as Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Platform and use Azimuth Thrusters for propulsion and station keeping on location.
Think of a really old cadillac boat car that is slow and heavy and burns leaded only gas. That is basically where I work. Slow and steady wins the race out here. It took us 21 days to do the journey and we can stay on location indefinitely offshore as required (food limited) with a crew compliment of 200 souls.
I appreciate everyones curiosity. I forget that not everyone gets to see these behemoth "drillships".
If really interested, you can google "Ocean Blackhawk" images to get an idea how how big it is.
I work on an mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) for short. We have eight V-18 turbo-diesels that consume a LOT of fuel per hour when we are running at our "cruising speed" around 9 knots. The MODU i work on is a ship 767 feet long x 150 feet wide x 400 feet tall and weighs a lot due to the duel drilling derrick package on board along with the two Blow-Out Preventer "stacks". We are dsignated as Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Platform and use Azimuth Thrusters for propulsion and station keeping on location.
Think of a really old cadillac boat car that is slow and heavy and burns leaded only gas. That is basically where I work. Slow and steady wins the race out here. It took us 21 days to do the journey and we can stay on location indefinitely offshore as required (food limited) with a crew compliment of 200 souls.
I appreciate everyones curiosity. I forget that not everyone gets to see these behemoth "drillships".
If really interested, you can google "Ocean Blackhawk" images to get an idea how how big it is.
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