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). The "PDQ" identifies the platform as being a P roduction and oil D rilling facility with crew Q uarters .
5-510: (Redirected from Thunder Horse ) Thunderhorse or Thunder horse may refer to: Thunder Horse PDQ , a semi-submersible oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico Thunder Horse Oil Field , a gas and oil field in the Gulf of Mexico "Thunderhorse", a song on the Dethklok album The Dethalbum Iron Thunderhorse , a Native American leader Thunder (mascot) ,
10-591: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thunder Horse PDQ 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
15-549: The horse mascot for the Denver Broncos Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Thunderhorse . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thunderhorse&oldid=1211721123 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
20-493: Was in danger of foundering. 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. The platform was fully righted about a week after Dennis , delaying commercial production initially scheduled for late 2005. During repairs, it
25-551: Was integrated with its topsides modules that were built in Morgan City, La. 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. 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
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