How the Perdido Oil Rig is Pushing the Limits of Deepwater Drilling | Blueprint

The Perdido Oil Rig is an engineering marvel, standing 30 stories above the water and operating at a staggering depth of 2,450 meters. As the world’s deepest oil platform, it extracts oil and gas from some of the most challenging subsea wells ever drilled. With its ability to withstand hurricanes and extreme conditions, how did engineers create such a resilient structure? Impossible Engineering looks at the history of pioneering modern-day mega structures.

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