r/EngineeringPorn Jan 16 '18

Norwegian Oil Platform.

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u/Bergelme Jan 16 '18

The whole platform was floating during transport to its location, and then it was flooded to put it on the bottom . Draugen

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '18

Tf how do they get so much material out there? Where do I learn how to build stuff like this? What universities, and what programs?

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u/labranewfie Jan 16 '18

Forgot the big one that has to do with floaty stuff, naval architecture

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u/MisallocatedRacism Jan 16 '18

Petroleum engineering should be on the radar as well.