August 11. 1  In the morning, one of his legs felt weak. 2  Dr. Eben H. Bennet, a general practitioner in the nearby village of Lubec who had know the Roosevelts for years, visited Roosevelt and diagnosed a bad summer cold. 3  By the evening, one leg was paralyzed, and the other had become weak.
International land rigs, designed to meet a wider range of specifications that vary from one country to another, generally range from $25 million to $40 million. The average cost for offshore rigs can be as much as 15 to 20 times greater than the average cost for land rigs.The least-expensive offshore rigs typically cost nearly $200 million. The average price for offshore oil-drilling rigs is approximately $650 million.The Brazilian energy company Petrobas, in a plan to replace leased U.S. and European rigs with its own fleet of offshore floating rigs, recently began producing offshore rigs estimated to cost up to $900 million each.nternational land rigs, designed to meet a wider range of specifications that vary from one country to another, generally range from $25 million to $40 million. The average cost for offshore rigs can be as much as 15 to 20 times greater than the average cost for land rigs.
To Explore and Produce offshore you need a platform (typically referred to as a rig) from which to drill wells, extract product, and in most cases store the oil or gas until it can be transported to refineries or other destinations.