Once the wells are completed, they are connected by flexible hoses to a floating production platform on the surface.

FORBES: The delicate art of sucking up

Equipped with a turntable mechanism at its bow, the floating production platform can swivel a full 360 degrees in treacherous winds while pumping more than 100, 000 barrels of oil a day.

FORBES: Going deep

While drilling in that depth of water was prohibitively expensive a decade ago, it's now easy for a company Triton's size to rent a drillship to find the oil and set up a floating production platform to process it.

FORBES: One Tamed Wildcat