 Thunder Horse semi-submersible platform, July 2005
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Thunder Horse PDQ |
| Owner |
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| Operator | BP plc |
| Port of registry |  United States |
| Builder | |
| Cost | US$5 billion |
| Laid down | 19 May 2003 |
| Launched | 2006 |
| Completed | 2005 |
| In service | First oil June 2008 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Operational 28°06′33″N 88°29′40″W / 28.1091°N 88.4944°W |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | ABS: A1, column stabilized unit, floating offshore installation (FOI) |
| Tonnage | 59,500 tonnes (65,600 tons) |
| Displacement | 130,000 tonnes (140,000 tons) |
| Length | 136 m (446 ft) |
| Beam | 112 m (367 ft) |
| Draught | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Deck clearance | 17.5 m (57 ft) |
| Installed power | 90 MW |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 334 |
| Notes | [1][2][3] |
Thunder Horse PDQ is a BP plc and ExxonMobil joint venture semi-submersible oil platform on location over the Mississippi Canyon Thunder Horse oil field (Block 778/822), in deepwater Gulf of Mexico, 150 miles (240 km) southeast of New Orleans, moored in waters of 1,840 metres (6,040 ft).[4] The "PDQ" identifies the platform as being a Production and oil Drilling facility with crew Quarters.[5]
Thunder Horse PDQ is the largest offshore installation of its kind in the world. The vessel's hull is of GVA design. The hull was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Okpo, South Korea, then loaded aboard the heavy lift ship MV Blue Marlin and transported to Kiewit Offshore Services in Ingleside, Texas, where it was integrated with its topsides modules that were built in Morgan City, La.[6] The 15,813 nautical miles (29,286 km; 18,197 mi) journey around the Cape of Good Hope took nine weeks (63 days), from 23 July to 23 September 2004.[7]
- ^ "Thunder Horse Field Fact Sheet". BP. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ "Thunder Horse Field, Gulf of Mexico, USA". Offshore-Technology. 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "ABS Record: Thunder Horse". American Bureau of Shipping. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ^ "Thunder Horse Back on Course". Offshore-Technology. 1 March 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "GVA series-GVA 40000". GVA Consultants. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "Dockwise Delivers Thunder Horse PDQ to Corpus Christi". Rigzone. September 24, 2004. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Projects: Thunder Horse PDQ". Dockwise Ltd. 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.