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Table 3.1 - Main parameters of the platform Richmond

CHARACTERISTICS PRINICIPAL DIMENSIONS
Type of Submersible Length 251.5ft., mat 224.5 ft.
Vessel
Rig Design Pace Beam 206 ft.
Water Depth 11 ft min. to 70 Keel to 128 ft.
ft. max. Upper Deck
Drilling 20,000 ft. Keel to Drill 146 ft.
Depth Floor
Year of Construction 1982
Years of 1986 and 2000 CAPACITIES
Upgrade
Variable Liquid Mud 2,066 bbls. (Pits and Sand Traps)
Load
Drilling 5,440 kips Bulk 10,000 cu. ft.
Material
Moving 1,500 kips Sack Storage 3,000 sacks
Drill Water 6,068 bbls.
Fuel 2,500 bbls.
Potable Water 956 bbls.
Accommodations 74 persons (plus one bed sick bay)
Also, there are arctic Submersible drilling platforms (fig. 3.4).

Figure 3.4 - Submersible drilling arctic platform Rauma
Ripola RR-3090

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