Thunder Horse PDQ

Thunder Horse semi-submersible platform, July 2005
History
Name	Thunder Horse PDQ
Owner	BP plc (75%) ExxonMobil (25%)
Operator	BP plc
Port of registry	United States
Builder	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo, South Korea
Cost	US$5 billion
Laid down	19 May 2003
Launched	2006
Completed	2005
In service	First oil June 2008
Identification	ABS class no.: 07113112 Call sign: WPXF501 MMSI number: 3660478
Status	Operational 28°06′33″N 88°29′40″W / 28.1091°N 88.4944°W / 28.1091; -88.4944
General characteristics
Class and type	ABS: A1, column stabilized unit, floating offshore installation (FOI)
Tonnage	59,500 tonnes (65,600 tons)
Displacement	130,000 tonnes (140,000 tons)
Length	136 m (446 ft)
Beam	112 m (367 ft)
Draught	30 m (98 ft)
Deck clearance	17.5 m (57 ft)
Installed power	90 MW
Capacity	Diesel fuel: 2,181.6 m3 (77,040 cu ft) Potable water: 2,926.1 m3 (103,330 cu ft) Lube oil: 549.5 m3 (19,410 cu ft) Ballast tank: 54,662.4 m3 (1,930,380 cu ft)
Crew	334
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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).^[4] The "PDQ" identifies the platform as being a Production and oil Drilling facility with crew Quarters.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7]