Eli5: Oil rigs in the middle of the ocean

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I don’t understand how oil rigs just live out in the middle of the ocean??? how were they installed? do they float or are they stuck to the sea floor?? pls help

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My husband worked next to a floating one. They built the rig and the fspo – floating, storage, production, offloading – vessel in Singapore, then towed them both to the North sea! It was so interesting!

The FSPO he was on (looks like an oil tanker ship with no engine) was anchored I think, but could re-position itself. Maybe. But it looked cool!

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