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They truly are magnificent structures. The popular image of the oil industry is one of roughnecks around ugly old drilling equipment next to a hole in the groun
by ryanmarsh 8y ago
They truly are magnificent structures. The popular image of the oil industry is one of roughnecks around ugly old drilling equipment next to a hole in the ground.
The size and scale of the engineering challenge, especially of deep water drilling, are incredible. I wish more people could be exposed to the marvels of engineering in the O&G industry.
- ghaff 8y agoI was interested to learn a while back that one of the rigs I worked on the design of, the Ocean Odyssey, was repurposed as an equatorial launch platform after it was damaged in a blowout. It was mothballed after Sea Launch ran into financial difficulties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_(launch_platform) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_(launch_platform) I haven't kept up with the industry but, especially in retrospect, it was a great first job.
- martinpw 8y agoSeveral satellites, including the first X-ray telescope, Uhuru, was launched from a former oil platform off the coast of Kenya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broglio_Space_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broglio_Space_Center