offshore exploration rig

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• Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum — The Ocean Star Offshore Oil Rig Museum, located in Galveston, Texas, is a museum dedicated to the offshore oil and gas industry. Located next to the Strand National Historic Landmark District, the museum is housed on a retired jack up rig set up… …   Wikipedia

• offshore — adjective 1 connected with work that is done on or under the sea: offshore fishing/rig/exploration etc: more than 10,000 offshore workers based in Orkney 2 offshore bank/company/investment etc a bank etc that is based abroad in a country where… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Offshore drilling — refers to a mechanical process where a wellbore is drilled through the seabed. It is typically carried out in order to explore for and subsequently produce hydrocarbons which lie in rock formations beneath the seabed. Most commonly, the term is… …   Wikipedia

• Offshore oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico — is a major source of oil and natural gas in the United States. The western and central Gulf of Mexico, which includes offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, is one of the major petroleum producing areas of the United States. In 2007 …   Wikipedia

• Offshore oil spill prevention and response — Inspector on offshore oil drilling rig Offshore oil spill prevention and response is the study and practice of reducing the number of offshore incidents that release oil or hazardous substances into the environment and limiting the amount… …   Wikipedia

• History of the petroleum industry in Canada (frontier exploration and development) — discoveries took place near population centres or along lines of penetration into the frontier. The first oil play, for example, was in southern Ontario. The first western natural gas discovery occurred on a Canadian Pacific Railway right of way …   Wikipedia

• Diamond Offshore Drilling — Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. Type Public (NYSE: DO) S P 500 Component Industry …   Wikipedia

• Drilling rig — For a detailed diagram of a Petroleum drilling rig, see List of components of oil drilling rigs. Drilling rig preparing rock blasting …   Wikipedia

• Oil exploration in Puntland — Somalia This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Somalia Transitional Federal Charter E …   Wikipedia

• Mitsui Oil Exploration — Co. Industry oil and gas industry Founded 1969 Headquarters Minato, Tokyo, Japan Parent Mitsui Co. Website …   Wikipedia

• Hydrocarbon exploration — Onshore Drilling Rig Hydrocarbon exploration (or oil and gas exploration) is the search by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for hydrocarbon deposits beneath the Earth s surface, such as oil and natural gas. Oil and gas exploration are… …   Wikipedia