Offshore drilling is typically carried out in order to explore for games.
When offshore drilling moved into deeper waters of up to 30 metres (98 ft), fixed platform rigs were built, until demands for drilling equipment was needed in the 100 feet (30 m) to 120 metres (390 ft) depth of the Gulf of Mexico, the first jack-up rigs began appearing from specialized offshore drilling contractors
== History ==Around 1891, the first submerged oil wells were drilled from platforms built on piles in the fresh waters of the Grand Lake St

