Accommodation platform

[2] In the oil and gas industry an accommodation platform may be a flotel, providing living quarters for personnel temporarily engaged in construction or maintenance activities.

It provides living quarters and a safe refuge remote from the potential hazards of the drilling and hydrocarbon plant.

Only low hazard equipment and fluids are located on the accommodation platform to reduce the risk of fire or explosion.

Accommodation platforms may comprise:[3] Low hazard utility systems may be located on the Accommodation platform[3] Consumable materials such as foodstuffs and potable water are delivered to the platform by supply boat, and are offloaded from the boat by platform mounted crane.

The boat will also take waste material from the platform for recycling onshore.

Oil platform Mittelplate includes an accommodation platform.
North Sea Viking accommodation platform BA is bridge-linked to the rest of the B complex