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Author Burleson, Clyde W., 1934-

Title Deep challenge! : the true epic story of our quest for energy beneath the sea / Clyde W. Burleson.

Imprint Houston : Gulf, ©1999.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 219 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Note Includes index.
Print version record.
Contents Foreword. Building Character: Hurricane Camille. In the Beginning: From Titusville to the Deep Blue. Off the Land and Into the Water. The Tidelands Issue: The Fight for a Fortune in Offshore Oil. CUSS and the World's First Drillship. Into Gulf Waters. Project Mohole: Tripping to Hell and Back. A Fleet of Drillships. A Time of International Growth and Innovation. A Global Scientific Challenge. To Go Where No One Had Gone Before, Then Do the Impossible. From Boom to Bust. From Bust to Boom. Deep Frontier. Appendix: How to Drill an Oil Well in the Middle of the Ocean: A Quick Primer.
Summary Deep Challenge blends oil-patch history, eyewitness accounts of disasters, and open access to the official files of Global Marine Inc., the recognized leader in offshore drilling, to tell a true and exciting story.
Subject Offshore oil well drilling.
Pétrole -- Puits -- Forage offshore.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining.
Offshore oil well drilling
Offshore-technologie.
Energiebronnen.
Other Form: Print version: Burleson, Clyde W., 1934- Deep challenge!. Houston : Gulf, ©1999 0884152197 9780884152194 (DLC) 98075236 (OCoLC)41333759
ISBN 9780080503844 (electronic bk.)
0080503845 (electronic bk.)
9780884152194
0884152197 (pbk.)
Standard No. AU@ 000054163305
CHBIS 005729910
CHNEW 001007262
CHVBK 167882708
DEBBG BV042304267
DEBBG BV043069641
DEBSZ 405297270
DEBSZ 422176699
GBVCP 802370713
NZ1 12434262
UKMGB 017581924

 
    
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