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  • Thumbnail for Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum
    The Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum, located in Galveston, Texas, is a museum dedicated to the offshore oil and gas industry. Located next to...
    3 KB (374 words) - 16:40, 22 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blowout (well drilling)
    During that era, the simple drilling techniques, such as cable-tool drilling, and the lack of blowout preventers meant that drillers could not control high-pressure...
    46 KB (4,771 words) - 19:17, 10 January 2024
  • 2010 Explosion on Deepwater Horizon drilling rig
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    Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit, which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil...
    71 KB (7,082 words) - 21:15, 20 April 2024
  • Ocean Odyssey Drilling Rig Blowout
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    platform converted from a mobile drilling rig in 1997. The vessel was used by Sea Launch for equatorial Pacific Ocean launches. She works in concert with...
    15 KB (1,298 words) - 10:29, 12 December 2023
  • 2010, Deepwater Horizon, an oil drilling rig operated by private contractor Transocean, is set to complete drilling off the southern coast of Louisiana...
    49 KB (4,250 words) - 22:25, 27 February 2024
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    Alabama, for conversion to a dynamically positioned deep sea drilling ship, capable of drilling in waters of 7,500 feet (2,300 m) and, with some modification...
    19 KB (1,962 words) - 18:05, 1 April 2024
  • Blue Star Port Lines)
    Drilling supports global oil and gas production by providing high-efficiency drilling services to oil companies worldwide. The company owns 24 rigs and...
    104 KB (9,586 words) - 16:56, 9 April 2024
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