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utilized as heave-motion compensators Rotaries were gimbaled to compensate for roll and pitch The derrick was put at midship over a hole in the vessel called a"moonpool."Blowout preventers(BOPs)were worked on casing to the seafloor Re-entry into the well was through a funnel above a rotating head (riserless drilling is not new Mud pits were positioned in the hull with mud pumps Living quarters were added It was an exciting and incredible time, considering that everyone was starting with a blank sheet of paper. 4 reveals the Modest SM-1 drilling barge(204 34 13 ft)developed and owned by Humble Oil and Refining Co.(now Exxon, Mobil) in 1957. Fig. 5 reveals the subsea equipment utilized to drill the wells. Note that it has no marine riser. The Simple SM-1 drilled 65 wells for a total cost of $11. The unit balanced 8. 93 days per well and drilled an average of 324 ft/D. Unfortunately,  offshore rigs for sale  sank in a storm in 1961 while on loan to another operator. At the persistence of insurance underwriters, the American Bureau of Shipping( ABS)composed and carried out, in 1968, the very first independent codes, standards, and regulations concerning the style, building, and evaluations of MODU hulls. Charlie (bottom founded)and Western Explorer (floating )as the first MODUs, another principle for a MODU revealed up in the
type of a"jackup ". This kind of system drifted to area on a hull with numerous legs protruding under the hull. When on area, the legs were electrically or hydraulically jacked to the ocean bottom, and then the hull was boosted out of the water.