to end manner the embodiment of the drilling station shown in fig1 b comprises crew quarters and an operations office a drilling rig a void space designed for housing and deploying various buoyancy devices a helipad a moon pool a plurality of anchor lines used to anchor the system to an associated seabed and mooring lines configured to moor said drilling station and said docking station together the example embodiment of the docking station further comprises modular production testing and injection facilities a plurality of anchor lines and mooring lines configured to mate with the mooring assembly of the drilling station a self standing riser disposed in mechanical communication with one or more buoyancy devices is also provided in the embodiment depicted in fig1 a the docking station 6 and drilling station 8 are moored together using mooring lines in such a manner that both portions of the combined vessel are able to properly perform offshore drilling operations in alternative embodiments various other devices can be used to secure the mooring system for example clamps rods latches locks and other mechanical devices strong magnets and electrical control systems vacuum systems etc although not illustrated in fig1 typical embodiments of the docking and drilling stations further comprise a plurality of oil and gas related drilling production and exploration equipment.