Molikpaq Oil Drilling and Production Platform | O?shore Russia Sakhalin Island is located o? the east coast of Russia, north of Japan. The economy of this Russian island depends heavily on oil and gas production, with rich resources o?shore beneath frigid, wind-swept seas. Challenge Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (Sakhalin Energy) bought the Molikpaq, an Arctic-class bottom founded drilling platform formerly used by another company in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. The new owners wanted to convert the platform to an oil-drilling and production facility at the Piltun- Astohskoye site 10 miles o? the northeast shore of Sakhalin Island. Redeployment required design of a new sub-surface foundation for the structure, which would need to withstand magnitude 7 earthquakes, 45-foot storm wave

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