Glomar Beaufort Sea 1 aka Concrete Island Drilling System (CIDS)
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Owner:
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akgh519
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Released:
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
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Origin:
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Alaska, United States
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Recently Spotted:
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In the hands of debrak.
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The Glomar Beaufort Sea 1 aka Concrete Island Drilling System (CIDS) was built to drill offshore of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and the surrounding area. After drilling a few wells over several years off Alaska's Prudhoe Bay and some Canadian offshore leases the CIDS was leased to Exxon in 1984, renamed the Orlan and moved to Russia for drilling and production operations.
Below are some specifications for the CIDS...
Concrete Island Drilling System (CIDS)
Glomar Beaufort 1 (now called the Orlan)
Client:
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Global Marine Development, Inc. |
Project Location:
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Alaska, U.S.A. & Sakhalin Island, Russia |
Project Scope:
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Design and Construction supervision of a reinforced pre-stressed concrete platform |
Project Details:
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325ft. x 325ft. floating platform, oil exploration drill rig and facilities, 100-key hotel |
Challenge:
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Concrete platform to be afloat and grounded while resisting ice pressures of 130,000 lbs./ft.2 (6.2 MPa) |
Solution:
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Use of Alfred A. Yee’s patented Honeycomb System with pre-stressed reinforced concrete walls provided buoyancy, strength, and flexible structural system for floating platform base.
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Results:
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Construction was completed within 4 months, in time for launch during the warmer summer months into the Arctic seas off Alaska. Completed in 1984, total cost of construction was US$75 million. The CIDS platform, Glomar Beaufort 1, was leased to Exxon Mobile for US$45 million/year . In 2004 it was renamed the Orlan and the facilities aboard the platform were completely refurbished for oil drilling and production off the coast of Russia.
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The CIDS is a unique drilling structure and to my knowledge was the original of Yee's Honeycomb System and an example of the expense that goes into providing the fuel we use today!!!
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