Photos tagged as oil
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Buddhist oil lamps
lighted oil lamps in a buddhist temple
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The Japanese Footbridge and the Water Lilly Pool, Giverny
Oil painting by Monet
- Date: 6 July 2008
- Photographer: UGa: gallery
- Location: Philadelphia, USA: gallery
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Marmara sea from the rooftop
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!
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Robert on Catwalk
My cousin Robert and I went through an Oil Derrick that has been turned into a museum
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Robert & Top Drive
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.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Power Tongs
Power tongs (wrenches) provide a way to screw together the drill pipe connections.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Link from Chain
My cousin, Robert, is standing by a single link from one of the chains that tie down a drilling platform.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Escape Pod
The sign says this can old 28 people in an emergancy. Seems a bit cozy to me.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Semisubmersable Platform
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.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Jack-up Platform
These platforms can be moved from one place to another, then anchor themselves in place by lowering the jack like legs.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Fixed Production Platform
This model represents a centrally located, fixed production platform. It can support directional drilling and ongoing production of up to two dozen wells.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Drilling Models
This is part of a very large (24' square?) display showing different types of drilling platforms, both above and below the waterline.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Drill Bits
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.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Diving Suit
Ultra-deepwater atmospheric diving suit capable of dives up to 2,300 feet.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Derrick
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Crew Qtrs
Crews on an offshore oil platform work 12 hour shifts.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star,
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.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Cruise Ships
These are at the Galveston waterfront (bay side), near The Strand.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Cousins House
This is my cousins house in Lake Jackson, Texas - very nice.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ashton Villa, Steve
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.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Texas City Petrochemical Plant
See the oil fields at first light... Or last light, really, it was dusk. Sorry Bono
- Date: 19 January 2008
- Photographer: GregW: gallery
- Location: Texas City, USA: gallery
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