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Oil painting by Monet
Enjoying a local beer on the rooftop of the Orient Hostel, you get to watch passing oil and cargo ships, as they float by on the Marmara sea. The haze in the distance isn't pollution, but dust or sand from a nearby desert!
My cousin Robert and I went through an Oil Derrick that has been turned into a museum
A sign says the Top Drive hangs in teh derrick attaching the drillstring below the travelling block. This replaces the kelly & swivel technology. Looks like you need to learn some new terminology to work on an oil derrick.
Power tongs (wrenches) provide a way to screw together the drill pipe connections.
My cousin, Robert, is standing by a single link from one of the chains that tie down a drilling platform.
The sign says this can old 28 people in an emergancy. Seems a bit cozy to me.
The museum has a large display showing many different types of offshore oil platforms. This one is a semisubmersible and can be kept on location with thrusters.
These platforms can be moved from one place to another, then anchor themselves in place by lowering the jack like legs.
This model represents a centrally located, fixed production platform. It can support directional drilling and ongoing production of up to two dozen wells.
This is part of a very large (24' square?) display showing different types of drilling platforms, both above and below the waterline.
The bottom row is for hard rock that can be chipped. The top row are bits used for softer rock that responds better to scraping.
Ultra-deepwater atmospheric diving suit capable of dives up to 2,300 feet.
Crews on an offshore oil platform work 12 hour shifts.
This is an old offshore oil platform that has been converted to a museum. You can walk around many sections of this, including the catwalk visible in the center.
These are at the Galveston waterfront (bay side), near The Strand.
This is my cousins house in Lake Jackson, Texas - very nice.
Steve really made the tour of the old villa come alive. He has become quite close to Miss Betsy's ghost and keeps a picture of her in his jacket pocket.
See the oil fields at first light... Or last light, really, it was dusk. Sorry Bono