Thunder Horse PDQ
{{Short description|Offshore oil drilling platform}}
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| display title = Thunder Horse PDQ }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Thunder Horse Semisub.jpg | Ship caption = Thunder Horse semi-submersible platform, July 2005 }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship name = Thunder Horse PDQ | Ship operator = BP plc | Ship owner = *BP plc (75%)
| Ship registry = {{USA}} | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = *Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Ship original cost = {{US$|5 billion}} | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 19 May 2003 | Ship launched = 2006 | Ship completed = 2005 | Ship christened = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = First oil June 2008 | Ship identification = *ABS class no.: 07113112
| Ship status = Operational {{coord|28.1091 |
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| Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Ship class = ABS: A1, column stabilized unit, floating offshore installation (FOI) | Ship tonnage = {{convert|59,500|tonne}} | Ship displacement = {{convert|130000|tonne}} | Ship length = {{convert|136|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|112|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|30|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = {{convert|17.5|m|abbr=on}} | Ship power = 90 MW | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = | Ship capacity = *Diesel fuel: {{convert|2181.6|m3|abbr=on}}
| Ship crew = 334 | Ship notes = {{cite web | title=Thunder Horse Field Fact Sheet | url=http://www.bp.com/IntermediateSearchAction.do?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bp.com%2Fliveassets%2Fbp_internet%2Fglobalbp%2FSTAGING%2Fglobal_assets%2Fdownloads%2FA%2Fabp_us_thunder_horse_fact_sheet_081209.pdf&kw=Thunder+Horse¤tPage=1&scope=Site&resultNumber=6&type=search&Host=http://www.bp.com&homeId=1 | publisher=BP | date=12 August 2009 | access-date=23 May 2010}}{{cite web | title=Thunder Horse Field, Gulf of Mexico, USA | url=http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/crazy_horse/ | work=Offshore-Technology| year=2010 | access-date=22 May 2010}}{{cite web | title=ABS Record: Thunder Horse | url=http://www.eagle.org/safenet/record/record_vesseldetailsprinparticular?Classno=07113112 | publisher=American Bureau of Shipping | date=8 February 2010 | access-date=28 May 2010}} }} |
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, {{convert|150|mi}} southeast of New Orleans, moored in waters of {{convert|1840|m}}.{{cite web | title=Thunder Horse Back on Course | url=http://www.offshore-technology.com/features/feature582/ | work=Offshore-Technology| date= 1 March 2006 | access-date=22 May 2010}} The "PDQ" identifies the platform as being a Production and oil Drilling facility with crew Quarters.{{cite web|title=GVA series-GVA 40000|url=http://www.gvac.se/gva-4000/|publisher=GVA Consultants|access-date=7 October 2012|archive-date=22 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022033926/http://www.gvac.se/gva-4000/|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite web | url=http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=16673| title=Dockwise Delivers Thunder Horse PDQ to Corpus Christi| work=Rigzone | date=September 24, 2004| access-date= 22 May 2010}} The {{convert|15813|nmi}} journey around the Cape of Good Hope took nine weeks (63 days), from 23 July to 23 September 2004.{{cite web | title=Projects: Thunder Horse PDQ | url=http://www.dockwise.com/page/projects/projectdata.html | publisher=Dockwise Ltd. | year=2010 | access-date=23 May 2010}}
Hurricane Dennis
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Thunder Horse PDQ was evacuated with the approach of Hurricane Dennis in July 2005. After the hurricane passed, the platform fell into a 30 degree list and was in danger of foundering.{{cite news | author=Malcolm Moore | title=Human error felled Gulf rig, admits BP | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2924637/Human-error-felled-Gulf-rig-admits-BP.html | work=The Telegraph | date=26 October 2005 | access-date=27 October 2010}}{{cite news | author=Sarah Lyall| title=In BP's Record, a History of Boldness and Costly Blunders | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/business/energy-environment/13bprisk.html | work=The New York Times | date=12 July 2010 | access-date=1 October 2010}}
The platform was designed for a 100-year event, and inspection teams found no hull damage and no leaks through its hull. Rather, an incorrectly plumbed 6-inch length of pipe allowed water to flow freely among several ballast tanks that set forth a chain of events causing the platform to tip into the water.{{cite web | title=GVA 4000 Thunderhorse | url=http://www.gvac.se/thunder-horse/ | publisher=GVA Consultants | year=2010 | access-date=22 May 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226230020/http://www.gvac.se/thunder-horse/ | archive-date=26 February 2012 }}{{cite web | author=David Greising | title=Troubles Run Deep on Gulf Oil Platform | url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/948325/troubles_run_deep_on_gulf_oil_platform/index.html | work=RedOrbit | date= 28 May 2007 | access-date=23 May 2010}} The platform was fully righted about a week after Dennis, delaying commercial production initially scheduled for late 2005.{{cite web | author=Benoit Faucon | url=http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=24067 | title=BP CEO: Thunder Horse 2005 Start 'Unlikely'| work=Rigzone| date= 26 July 2005| access-date= 8 October 2014}} During repairs, it was discovered that the underwater manifold was severely cracked due to poorly welded pipes.
The platform took a nearly-direct hit six weeks later from Hurricane Katrina, but was undamaged.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|IMO 8765199}}
- [http://www.subseaiq.com/data/Project.aspx?project_id=129 Thunder Horse Project images, maps and diagrams] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144016/http://www.subseaiq.com/data/Project.aspx?project_id=129 |date=2018-06-12 }} at SubSeaIQ
- {{youTube|LW1hbDC0mv8|Thunder Horse & Blue Marlin}}
- [http://xpda.com/junkmail/junk187/junk187.htm#thunder-horse Thunder Horse] BP's deepwater drilling platform
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Category:Maritime incidents in 2005
Category:Oil platforms off the United States
Category:Ships built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering