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About 71% of the Earth's surface is under water. It is not surprising that exploration companies pay attention to the bedrock below oceans, treating it as a source of oil and gas. This chapter presents a brief overview of offshore drilling from oceanographic-meteorological, engineering, geological, legal, and historical perspectives. Some topics discussed are the types of rigs and platforms used for offshore drilling and effects of metocean conditions (such as currents, waves, and winds) on these structures and operations; the factors influencing the regions of hydrocarbon potential, and how the coastal state's ownership is defined; and finally, the history of offshore drilling, its current state, and prospects for the future are touched upon.
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Maksimova, E.V., Cooper, C.K. (2017). Offshore Production. In: Hsu, C.S., Robinson, P.R. (eds) Springer Handbook of Petroleum Technology. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49347-3_15
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