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To: Snowshoe who wrote (357189)4/2/2010 8:59:12 AM
From: FJB  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793887
 
I followed your links to the story. It doesn't sound that big unless they got the weight seriously wrong.

The rig recently arrived in pieces at a satellite drilling field at Endicott, like giant Legoes, that when assembled will weigh 7,000 tons and stand 240 feet high -- taller than BP's building in Midtown.

Mars

The TLP is 3,250ft high from the seafloor to the crown block of the drilling rig, and its steel weight is approximately 36,500t.

offshore-technology.com



To: Snowshoe who wrote (357189)4/2/2010 12:39:15 PM
From: KLP  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793887
 
You funny guy!
Re Pelosi....grimace.
Re Neil Bush...what did he do now?
Re Wealthy Companies....certainly are, but why not considering the cost of what they do
Re IBD....Yes

And seriously, good links along the path from the links you sent. Your info and knowledge is appreciated...the whole oil to gas retrival process is something I know next to nothing about.


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