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ClintB on August 28, 2005 - 6:57pm

I think 5,000 rigs is a little/lot high. I think there are about 1,000 "rigs" in the GOM, but I don't know what the split is between drilling "rigs" and production "platforms" is - any help?

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ClintB on August 28, 2005 - 7:45pm

I stand corrected - CNN "more than 4,000 floating rigs and surrounding production platforms dot the GOM". It appears that a rig can have some platforms floating in close proximity... these don't seem to manned, though...

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