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1 online resource (vii, 219 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Includes index. |
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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.
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Pétrole -- Puits -- Forage offshore.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining.
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Offshore oil well drilling
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Offshore-technologie.
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Energiebronnen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burleson, Clyde W., 1934- Deep challenge!. Houston : Gulf, ©1999 0884152197 9780884152194 (DLC) 98075236 (OCoLC)41333759 |
| ISBN |
9780080503844 (electronic bk.) |
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0080503845 (electronic bk.) |
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9780884152194 |
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0884152197 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000054163305 |
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CHBIS 005729910 |
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CHNEW 001007262 |
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CHVBK 167882708 |
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DEBBG BV042304267 |
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DEBBG BV043069641 |
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DEBSZ 405297270 |
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DEBSZ 422176699 |
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GBVCP 802370713 |
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NZ1 12434262 |
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UKMGB 017581924 |
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