4 ms·

Thanks for the explanation. I hadn't considered the length of the tube in the this setup. Is this how floating oil rigs work?

• AWildC182 8y ago
  Yea, generally oil rigs have a similar design with most of the buoyant volume underwater. There are a few different designs to achieve this but ultimately the goal is the same. You can also do something similar with boats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-waterplane-area_twin_hull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-waterplane-area_twin_hul...
  • ghaff 8y ago
    I’ve been out of the business for a long time, but in addition to the fact that semi-submersibles pump in ballast and partially submerge when operating, they’re generally anchored using 8 or so anchors. There have been dynamically rigs for deep water drilling but I’m not as familiar with current details. I assume with current oil prices deep water drilling is pretty unattractive.