This course will introduce the audience to the various different types of Oil Rigs which are used to extract Oil & Gas from their reservoirs deep inside the rock formations below the earth's surface.

About Trainer - The trainer team are well experienced and based at multiple locations (India, USA, Canada & Singapore). They have gained excellent achievements in their professional journey and it will be a great opportunity to directly interact with them.

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You work in Oil & Gas Upstream
You're a Petroleum Technology professional
You prefer live, instructor-led training with Q&A

Before you enrol

No prior experience needed for this course
Live online sessions, 1 hour per day — join on the scheduled dates

Key topics covered

Drilling Rig & Production Rig: Requirements

Land Rig

Types of Offshore Rigs

Drilling Ships and Barges

Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) system

Training details

This is a live course that has a scheduled start date.

Live session

Started

Sat, Mar 30, 2024 Ended

4:00 AM UTC· your timezone

Duration

1 hour per day

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Frequently asked questions

Q: You're sanity-checking a concept note and you google "jack-up rig leg length estimation shallow water depth". A jack-up is proposed for a 75 m water depth with a requirement for 15 m air gap above highest astronomical tide and 10 m seabed penetration for preload. Order-of-magnitude, what leg length should you expect before spudcan?

A: That's the most common mistake — stopping at water depth. The difference matters because jack-up legs are continuous columns carrying hull weight above wave crest. Start with 75 m water depth, add 15 m air gap, add ~10 m penetration, then tack on a modest allowance for storm crest and hull chord. You land in the 120 m range without doing any vendor-specific calcs.

Q: Your lead asks you to justify rig type and you search "semi-submersible vs drillship deepwater selection criteria". The well target is at 2,200 m water depth, loop currents are seasonal but strong, and early well tests may require extended station-keeping. What rig type best fits the duty?

A: That's the most common mistake — over-weighting heave alone. The difference matters because at 2,200 m you’re constrained by riser management, logistics, and relocation risk. Semi-subs behave well, but extended testing and current variability push you toward a drillship with higher DP redundancy and faster move-off capability.

Q: During HAZID you look up "jack-up rig punch-through failure consequence". Preload is reduced due to time pressure and one spudcan encounters a layered seabed. What is the dominant physical consequence if punch-through occurs?

A: That's the most common mistake — assuming settlement stays symmetric. The difference matters because punch-through is a rapid loss of bearing in one leg, not a global issue. That asymmetry drives hull inclination, leg bending, and can cascade into jacking system damage before operators can correct.

Q: You're offshore for acceptance and search "offshore drilling rig pre-commissioning checks mooring system". The semi-submersible has just completed hook-up. What should you verify first before allowing drilling operations?

A: That's the most common mistake — jumping straight to drilling hardware. The difference matters because mooring defines station integrity. If line tensions at draft don’t match the analysis, every downstream system is operating on a false assumption.