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Title: Cut drydocking costs for offshore rigs

Journal Article · · World Oil; (United States)
OSTI ID:5077631

Heavy-lift transport vessels (HLVs) can provide an economic alternative to the conventional shipyard approach of drydocking mobile offshore rigs for regulatory body inspections and/or repairs. Contractors now can drydock rigs in areas of the world where conventional drydocks are unavailable. This article discusses pros and cons of conventional shipyard drydocking and the HLV approach.

Research Organization:
Dolphin Titan International, Inc., Houston, TX
OSTI ID:
5077631
Journal Information:
World Oil; (United States), Vol. 201:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English