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Kelvin
Sep 11, 2003, 4:09 PM
...I would like to get a new country added: Offshore.

I think it could be added to the "Unkown/Other" region and have regions added within it to decribe different offshore areas like Gulf of Mexico, Mederterainian Sea, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic, etc. Within these regions, the "city" could be either "N/A" (not applicable) or somthing specific.

Example for the 2100' Petronius Platform:

Region - Unknown/Other

Country - Offshore

Area - Gulf of Mexico

City - Viosca Knoll Block 786


:nuts: :nuts: :nuts:

Buck
Sep 11, 2003, 7:17 PM
Shouldn't offshore structures be listed under the country they are owned by?

Kelvin
Sep 11, 2003, 8:08 PM
they are owned by corporations & joint ventures for the most part and many operate in international waters....

Buck
Sep 11, 2003, 8:10 PM
ohhhhh. ok. sounds good then. :)

Tony
Sep 11, 2003, 8:26 PM
How about where the structure was built originally? Or what country it was launched from?

Jorge Cuitlahuac
Sep 12, 2003, 1:31 AM
Most of the Gulf of Mexico is part of the Exclusive Economic Zones of USA, Mexico and Cuba, only the east polygon isn't.

I guess very few of these structures in the world aren't within the 200 nautical miles.

Kelvin
Sep 12, 2003, 2:00 AM
Would it be plausible then to use particular countries, but define new "states" or "provinces" to handle offshore? For example: US Territorial Waters, Gulf of Mexico and leave the city as "Not Applicable" and put "Located at/in/over/etc..." in the description?

Dylan Leblanc
Sep 13, 2003, 12:16 AM
Kelvin, that might be best.

Kelvin
Sep 13, 2003, 12:31 AM
Harr Mateys! Get ready to sail the briney deeps then!

Born Pure Philly
Sep 13, 2003, 1:20 AM
:laugh:

Dylan Leblanc
Sep 20, 2003, 11:16 PM
I created an "offshore" country now, http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?countryID=301

If there are structures that should be put into it, then create the area/city for them, and the post links to both the structurea and the quasi-city here.

Smiley Person
Sep 25, 2003, 4:14 AM
how about ships? Should they also be considered offshore?

Dylan Leblanc
Sep 25, 2003, 4:20 AM
Its probably best not to add anymore ships to the database. I actually removed a bunch of them a little while ago

John Hinds
Sep 25, 2003, 8:46 AM
What about ships that are in dry docks acting as museums in the middle of cities?

Such as the Golden Hind, London
http://www.goldenhind.co.uk/

M. Klatt
Sep 25, 2003, 11:14 AM
back to "offshore" ....

i just added
"North Sea" as a "state" http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?stateID=1101
and
"Troll" as City http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=1619

I know there is/was(?) the huge Troll Platform in the Database and Diagram. But how can it be moved to its "new city"?

some other"new cities" could be Statfjord, Norne, ... for Norway and Brent for UK ....

http://www.bakerhughes.com/inteq/images/AT/op_exp/North%20Sea%20Map2.gif http://www.statoil.com/STATOILCOM/SVG00990.NSF/16c8d2af273d3fa0c12569b50030d865/

Kelvin
Oct 4, 2003, 1:28 AM
Is one of the Troll Platforms in the database? I never saw it. The only two that I know of for sure are Baldpate Compliant Tower & Hibernia Gravity Base.

M. Klatt
Oct 4, 2003, 3:15 AM
look here: http://www.skyscraperpage.com/oldforum/showthread.php?threadid=9150

Tim B drew it

M. Klatt
Oct 4, 2003, 10:41 AM
btw

i found at http://www.olavolsen.no/Offshore_Concrete.HTM this interesting Diagram:

http://www.olavolsen.no/jpg72/offshore/15gbs.jpg

a printable version of the image in Adobe Acrobat format with the depht of the Water:

http://www.olavolsen.no/images/15gbs(600dpi).pdf

They should submit those Drawings here ... ;)

Kelvin
Oct 4, 2003, 12:20 PM
Very cool! I thought one of the Gulfaks sank though (A, B, or C I cant remember which). I have a paper concerning it's demise somewhere...

M. Klatt
Oct 4, 2003, 5:47 PM
The sinking of the Sleipner A offshore platform:

http://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/sleipner.html

Kelvin
Oct 4, 2003, 5:59 PM
Yes, that's the one.

Are you going to do some offshore projects, Marco?

M. Klatt
Oct 4, 2003, 6:22 PM
hmm - i like them, but i have no plans to do one

Kelvin
Oct 4, 2003, 6:34 PM
Too Bad!

***

Why, when I click on the Industrial Link, do I only get one result (Petronius) whereas there should be at least four hits (Petronius, Baldpate, Hibernia, and Bullwinkle)?

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?C301

M. Klatt
Oct 4, 2003, 7:17 PM
industrial link??? what is that?

in the "new search engine"????

Kelvin
Oct 4, 2003, 10:38 PM
It's a structure use category meant for anything involving moderate or heavy industry. Oil platforms definately apply and it's more appropriate for these structures than Mechanical.

M. Klatt
Oct 5, 2003, 9:09 PM
hmm - i did one ....


the Shafts, Cranes and the habitat(?) were easy, but the chaotic rest is pure fantasy .... :D

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=23578

Kelvin
Oct 6, 2003, 12:15 AM
I think they call everything above the shafts the Topsides. Usually they get built seperately (on land) and then are floated out to final position once the base unit is sunk.