Expanding the ideas of oil rigs

[high plinth]

So far I feel like the oil rigs have been very dated, and need a remodel or touch-up. This is not a request to remodel the existing oil rigs, this is a suggestion to expand the ideas of the oil rigs, by adding in new parts of that system.

First off, it would be nice to see some variety of oil rigs.
With all of the oil rigs, they all look the same, even with the different types (WOM oil rig and Petroil rigs) With that being said, the rigs look the same, and I feel like thats not very realistic in terms of what you would see in real life, as the rigs are all very different and all are build depending on the size of the well they are drilling. With that being said, it would be nice to see some changes in sizing or shape of the rigs.

Secondly, it would be cool to have some FSO's, FSOP's, and Drilling ships (probably won't happen)
You are probably wondering what these are, well, FSO's are typically older oil ships that have been turned into oil rigs, basically what they are is they are in between 2 or more oil rigs, and their job is to store the oil and then send it to nearby ships to pick it up (this could be a new job for ships), these FSO's could be a ship you could by, but it would make more sense for it to just be a static ship in between a few oil rigs around the map. FSOP's are the same thing, except they also produce their own oil as well, so they are storage, and production of oil and petroil, and can be found typically around oil rigs (they are rare though), and Drilling ships are the hard workers of the oil process, when an oil rig needs to get to a new well, they first send the drilling rigs to the well so they can drill a spot in the well in order for the rigs to pump oil out of the wells, this is actually how the Deepwater Horizon incident happened, where they will drilling too deep and they ran into a lot of issues. There are 2 types of drilling ships, the first is the normal ones, which look like rigs, and the second look like ships

Third, and last of all, I feel like we can also expand the ideas of the oil rigs, maybe allowing ships to go there and load oil at the rigs, making them have a job rather than being kinda worthless after the HS-141 jobs were removed. Giving these rigs more jobs would make their existence in the game way more feasible. Maybe you could go and pick up oil as an empty tanker, go and pick it up from the oil rigs, and go back to your original port.

anyone?

lol

[tulip patio]

I figure that the reason why boats werent given oil rig jobs is boat chaining. But since it was removed, I think this might make sense, opinion? @lunar gate

[lunar gate]

Do tankers even load at oil rigs?

[tulip patio]

i assume those smaller rigs near main one

but since we have single rig might be fine-ish

[lunar gate]

Questionable

[high plinth]

They often connect to the rigs through offshore cables and through remote connection

I feel like they have a lot of unused potential

The rigs

[tulip patio]

still, more variety, especially considering it's just cargo delivery job with changed text and few values

@dusty perch as local economy balance nerd (with all my love) what's your opinion as well

[lunar gate]

I get in some cases you can have ships load from specific rigs, but that's the problem, it's specific... can't imagine a seawise doing that

[high plinth]

Fair, maybe certain ships have certain jobs, like planes in the game

[tulip patio]

we can selectively give job tag to certain ships (we'd have to anyway even if we would've included all oil tankers)

[halcyon blaze]

This would be so freaking cool ngl

I’d boat more

[high plinth]

It would make boating more interactive, rather than just grinding

[halcyon blaze]

Yea, I’m waiting for more immersive boat jobs I’m tired of afking across the ocean

[high plinth]

I have just stopped near oil rigs to RP that

But it would be nice to actually have that be the job

[high plinth]

Do you think its feasible to do this?

Giving more jobs and interactive experiences for boats

[tulip patio]

jobs i can imagine even I can do, it's literally cargo job copypaste

interaction, dunno

[high plinth]

Fair

I just meant the jobs

Now for the oil rigs, we just need someone who is willing to remodel and build new rigs

[tulip patio]

yeah it's easy, just need approval on senior staff side

oil rigs i'd figure would be still single copypaste model even if remodeled

[high plinth]

Do you think the ideas of mutliple types would work?

like drilling ships and FSO’s?

Because we already have 2 types of rigs

[tulip patio]

kinda, good luck finding anyone who's willing to make multiple different oil rigs

[high plinth]

Lol

[tulip patio]

drilling ships as models yes, but as drilling jobs dunno

[high plinth]

I was not expecting jobs

Just the models

[tulip patio]

yeah well, you're free to suggest more certain ships, with stats, blueprints, everything needed

[lunar gate]

iirc heli jobs already work the exact way we need (to/from rigs but not between them)

We could give the tankers access

It's not particularly interesting compared to regular jobs but eh

[high plinth]

I feel like those jobs could be to-and-back, how they would be in real life, but thats kinda hard to do

[lunar gate]

True...

[high plinth]

Tbf, theres a lot of not interesting jobs in the game (skydiving, sightseeing, etc)

[lunar gate]

no point carrying oil to a rig

[high plinth]

Yeah, it would make sense for the ship to go there empty, and come back full

[lunar gate]

Okay it's feasible, and should be fairly easy to code

As for the models, what Enclaved said

[tulip patio]

ye

[high plinth]

Yeah, gotta find someone

But it would be nice to see drilling ships

[lunar gate]

I'd like to try, but they seem too complex

[high plinth]

And rigs

[high plinth]

Some are easier, I can send photos of easier oil rigs

But some are very complex

[lunar gate]

Blueprints too if possible

But not for me

You can suggest them separately

Kinda like vehicles

[high plinth]

Yeah

But the jobs sound like they might be implimented?

[lunar gate]

Sure ig

[high plinth]

Yay

[dusty perch]

Yeah
Probably more for panamax vessels and the likes

[dusty perch]

We already have disaster relief which does just that
Might not be too hard

[lunar gate]

Unless we can find an actual criteria, I suppose all tankers would get these jobs

[dusty perch]

perhaps oil rig jobs as a whole could be reworked where instead of just going to the destination it would be more like disaster relief

[lunar gate]

2-way trips?

Would make sense maybe

Or you can have those as special jobs, along the regular white ones

[dusty perch]

Would like boats to get such jobs but since oil rigs are currently treated as heliports, the 2x earnings bonus should definitely be removed from any boats capable of the job

[dusty perch]

Hmm true

Perhaps a Remote Supply exclusive to helicopters

that goes to heliports and oil rigs

And then for boats
Same thing but just oil rigs

idk

[high plinth]

I feel like the 2-way job would be good, and the pricing would just be how much that ship would make X2 (ex: if one makes 100k going to the rig, then they would make 200k because they have to do the leg back as well)

And the helicopter bonus would go away

Maybe, just maybe, oil rigs could be their own classification? Who knows

[dusty perch]

maybe someday

[high plinth]

lol, I just meant their own icon on the map

just a new color or something

[high plinth]

maybe just a red icon or something

[dusty perch]

welllll if they are actually treated differently there could be pipeline inspection jobs and other stuff for actual oil rig duties

-# id make vehicles for said jobs lwk

[high plinth]

lol, there are ships that do that

at least for oil rigs

wana see them?

[high plinth]

their roles are either for relocating rigs, any assistance with the rigs, and for supply runs

[high plinth]

Just suggested the drilling ship, lol

[sudden sleet]

yes there are large ships which transfer oil from the rigs to land

[sturdy chasm]

Oil rigs definitely need some updating

ok support this

[worn sequoia]

the seawise was used as an FSO in an oil field somewhere in Qatar... I think all VLCCs/ULCCs have the capability to visit oil fields and load there, but some of the smaller ones are used for jobs like transporting refined oil; unlikely that they would be equipped to load crude at an FSO/FPSO

[crude smelt]

wow

[high plinth]

again, what happened here

[river veldt]

i see an oil rig suggestion, time to remind myself of when are we geting periya oil rigs

[high plinth]

eh?

[river veldt]

it's a company based in udyanapura that in the lore does own some oil rigs near it but where are they

there's even an oil hopper livery for the aw139

[high plinth]

oh, there is?

[high plinth]

I dont think it works

[leaden tangle]

baller chance to expand lore honestly

[leaden tangle]

I'm down to learn 3d modelling for this

[high plinth]

Really?

[leaden tangle]

If I have the time, yeah

[round lava]

what is this.. PEAK.. in #1183405059569094726.. holy shit

[high plinth]

Lol

[crystal folio]

oilnautica

[crude smelt]

OILnautica

[high plinth]

so...

[forest pier]

I wonder lore wise which nation owns the most oil lmao