oil rig
81Driller (oil) — The driller is a team leader in charge during the process of well drilling. The term is commonly used in the context of an oil well drilling rig. The driller is in charge of his crew, and running the rig itself. Most of the time, his job is… …
82North Sea oil — is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid oil and natural gas, produced from oil reservoirs beneath the North Sea. In the oil industry, the term North Sea often includes areas such as the Norwegian Sea and the area known as West of Shetland …
83Jackup rig — A jack up rig is a type of mobile offshore oil and gas drilling platform that is able to stand still on the sea floor, resting on a number of supporting legs. The most popular design uses 3 legs. [cite web… …
84Mars (oil platform) — Mars Tension leg Platform …
85List of components of oil drilling rigs — This article lists the main components of a petroleum onshore drilling rig. Offshore drilling rigs have similar elements, but are configured with a number of different drilling systems to suit drilling in the marine environment. The equipment… …
86Petronius (oil platform) — Petronius is a deepwater compliant tower oil platform operated by Chevron Corporation and Marathon Oil in the Gulf of Mexico, 210 km southeast of New Orleans.A compliant piled tower design, it is 609.9 meters (2,001 ft) high, was arguably the… …
87Peak oil — A logistic distribution shaped production curve, as originally suggested by M. King Hubbert in 1956 …
88Wamsutta Oil Refinery — was established around 1861 in McClintocksville in Venango County near Oil City, Pennsylvania in the United States. It was the first business enterprise of Henry Huttleston Rogers (1840 1909), who became a famous capitalist, businessman,… …
89Lost Hills Oil Field — In 1998, one of the field s gas wells was the site of a spectacular blowout, producing a pillar of fire which burned for 14 days and was visible more than convert|40|mi|km away. [ [http://www.geocities.com/mudsmeller/gushers.html The Bellevue… …
90Offshore oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico — is a major source of oil and natural gas in the United States. The western and central Gulf of Mexico, which includes offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, is one of the major petroleum producing areas of the United States. In 2007 …
