Abstract
Jackup hulls provide the buoyancy to be towed to site, and once on location, the legs support the deck weight, which transfers the equipment and drilling rig loads into the seafloor. As drilling progressed into deeper and more challenging environments, rigs evolved based upon the experience of the builder and the demands of the market. In this chapter, we discuss the designs used in jackup construction and the tradeoffs between technical and economic factors. We summarize the design process and discuss the major design factors, highlighting the decisions made at the conceptual and preliminary stages. A discussion of the most popular jackup designs concludes the chapter.
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Other elevating vessels, including those used in offshore construction, offshore wind, and smaller workover rigs, may have four or more legs.
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A Swiss-cheesed seabed is an area in which jackup rigs have previously worked. In these areas, depressions in the seabed left by earlier rigs can constrain the areas where a rig may be positioned.
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Kaiser, M.J., Snyder, B.F. (2013). Jackup Design Primer. In: The Offshore Drilling Industry and Rig Construction in the Gulf of Mexico. Lecture Notes in Energy, vol 8. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5152-4_10
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