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utilized as heave-motion compensators Rotaries were gimbaled to make up for roll and pitch The derrick was placed at midship over a hole in the vessel called a"moonpool."Blowout preventers(BOPs)were run 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 put in the hull with mud pumps Living quarters were included It was an amazing and fantastic time, considering that everybody was starting with a blank sheet of paper. 4 shows the Modest SM-1 drilling barge(204 34 13 ft)constructed and owned by Humble Oil and Refining Co.(now Exxon, Mobil) in 1957. Fig. 5 shows the subsea devices used to drill the wells. Note that it has no marine riser.  Oil Rigs Now Houston -1 drilled 65 wells for a total expense of $11. The system averaged 8. 93 days per well and drilled approximately 324 ft/D. Sadly, the system sank in a storm in 1961 while on loan to another operator. At the insistence of insurance coverage underwriters, the American Bureau of Shipping( ABS)wrote and executed, in 1968, the first independent codes, guidelines, and policies concerning the design, building, and examinations of MODU hulls. Charlie (bottom founded)and Western Explorer (drifting )as the first Methods, another idea for a MODU appeared in the
form of a"jackup ". This type of system drifted to place on a hull with several legs standing out under the hull. As soon as on area, the legs were electrically or hydraulically jacked to the ocean bottom, and after that the hull was boosted out of the water.